That seems like an unusual combination, I know. I was a parent filling my own children’s Christmas stockings, when I realized how important my early stockings had been for my future. Who could have thought that a limp knee sock was part of my mother’s master plan … for my life’s ...

Pennsylvania’s public education system is broken, according to a lawyer in the historic education-funding lawsuit currently underway in the state’s Commonwealth Court. Greater Johnstown School District is one of six districts suing Pennsylvania claiming the state is not meeting its ...

When we first married, we lived in a trailer. Before we were out of there, we had two children. We always had a Christmas tree, but it was a small one – one that could be put on a box and anchored with a rope to be sure it did not tip over. We moved to Hickory Heights when our son was four ...

When I was a young flight attendant for American Airlines, I actually enjoyed working Christmas Day. Passenger loads were always light, and it was fun having time to really talk to people. In most service industries, employees with seniority don’t usually have to work Christmas Eve or ...

For many people, entry into a career of choice was accomplished through gradual predictable steps, starting with primary and secondary education, followed by years of college oriented toward a specific goal. Thus, we have today’s doctors, lawyers, educators, and accountants, as well as ...

As we enter 2022, most likely another challenging year, and to counter any negative impression created from the Times Observer’s daily front page sex offender article and such, and to accentuate the positive, I submit the following. Warren has a long history of philanthropy, of ...