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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Savoring sights of the season

Last week, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources State Parks Director John Hallas and State Forester Seth Cassell visited Keystone State Park in Westmoreland County to celebrate the park’s selection as USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards top fall foliage destination ...

Our opinion: Outstanding choice for honors

It’s easy for us to take for granted the people who go above and beyond to make things work in Warren County. Take, for example, someone who serves on their local borough council, volunteers for the local fire department, serves on three separate county commissions, volunteers on the ...

Our opinion: Closing in on waterfront hopes

It’s amazing the effort it takes to acquire less than an acre of land. It’s taken Warren three attempts to receive state grants to help purchase two pieces of land — a 0.51 acres along the Allegheny River behind the building where Bent Run and Allegheny Outfitters are located and 0.19 ...

Our opinion: An urgency for House speaker

“Chaotic” is one way to describe the mess lawmakers have made of the U.S. House of Representatives in recent weeks. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is right to be concerned about what this round of political theater will do to our government. “Kevin McCarthy is a very good friend of ...

Our opinion: All ‘praying’ as war rages in Israel

Yesterday after running a few errands, I opened my front door and just stood. Breathing. Smiling. Ahhhhh … garlic! To me, the house smelled wonderful — like walking into an aromatic little trattoria. I realize this may not be the way everybody likes their house to smell, but for me it ...

Our opinion: Another option in the EMS crisis

It’s hard to say right now whether Warren County would be better off if the Council of Government’s EMS Commission transitioned into a municipal authority. But the county should at least have the option. Senate Bill 501 would allow the formation of countywide authorities supporting joint ...