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Opinion

View from Hickory Heights: A way to beat heat

Local Commentaries

Years ago, I learned how to do Swedish weaving from my grandmother and grandfather. We called it huck towel weaving. I had no idea it was an old Swedish craft. I am not sure how my grandmother got involved doing it, but she did. On a day that my grandfather did not have to work we went to ...

Our opinion: E-bikes require state, local action

Our Opinion

It’s expensive to operate a motor vehicle these days. That’s one reason we are seeing an increasing number of e-bikes and e-scooters on our streets. Personal mobility devices aren’t a bad thing. It’s good that there are lower-cost options for people to get themselves from place to ...

Rounding Third: Surviving Mother Nature’s hot temper

Local Commentaries

It was 92 stifling degrees when I arrived home from lunch yesterday. Humidity was in the 80% range. As predicted. I hate this hot stuff. Fuggedaboudit. I know there are people who thrive in the heat. I’m happy for them, but I will never be one of them. Ever. I should have been born in ...

Our opinion: County transparent on Kibbey case

Our Opinion

Shortly after Kibbey’s resignation was made public, we asked those involved to be transparent as the investigation continued and as the fallout from the incident became evident. It would have been easy for Warren County officials to simply paper over the Kibbey affair and proceed as if the ...

Our opinion: Try tiered minimum wage hike

Our Opinion

We’ve probably all grown tired of the legislative back and forth over the state’s minimum wage. A proposal that passed the state House of Representatives recently is better than some that have been proposed by state Democrats, with a tiered minimum wage that rises to $15 an hour in ...

Our opinion: Make phone ban tougher

Our Opinion

The expression “time flies” is familiar to most people. However, time cannot “fly” fast enough regarding Pennsylvania’s new handheld-cellphone ban for individuals operating motor vehicles on commonwealth roadways. Until the full teeth of the law replaces the wishy-washy provisions ...