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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Long crisis getting little attention

Since March 18, a crisis in Tidioute seems to not be a priority for Warren County as a whole. Since that day — before the official first day of spring — borough residents have been forced to boil water. That’s 120 days — or one-third of the year. At the moment, the timetable for a ...

Our opinion: Senate should quickly approve Sunshine Act bill

State House members think there should be fewer exceptions to last-minute changes to local government meeting agendas. House Bill 2146, passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support in the state House, would clarify exceptions to the 24-hour rule for meeting agendas under the Sunshine Act. ...

Our opinion: Participate in transportation survey

We hope that stakeholders in Warren take the opportunity this week to make their thoughts known regarding the city’s Active Transportation Plan by completing a survey that will help guide the plan. The survey - which can be completed online at ...

Our opinion: How long is long enough to prosecute dealers?

There is a move in the state Legislature to give prosecutors more time to prosecute those responsible for drug deals that result in death. Current state law includes a two-year statute of limitations, a number prosecutors say isn’t long enough to bring prosecutions against those who sell ...

Editor’s corner: Region fully plugged in to data center debate

Maybe Portland, N.Y., town Supervisor Rich Lewis and Town Board members were testing the waters in March. That is when the body passed a resolution expressing its support for a proposed data center to be located on the grounds of the former Sugar Hill Golf Course. If anything, they had the ...

Other Voices: We have a democracy, if we can keep it

"A republic, if you can keep it,” Benjamin Franklin famously responded when asked by a Philadelphia socialite what it was that he and the other Founders had wrought. Her question, and his answer, in the 1787 conversation framed the choice for the emerging new country as being between ...