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Opinion

Is it really spring?

Local Commentaries

The groundhog said we would have an early Spring. We have had some very nice weather and some not so nice. The temperature yesterday was 66 degrees. I would say that was a nice Spring day. My daffodils are in full bloom and have been for the last two weeks. The kids noticed they were out when ...

Our Opinion: Child care and taxes are challenging issue

Our Opinion

We do not envy our state legislators as they attempt to resolve one of the most difficult problems confronting Pennsylvania’s workforce — the shortage and expense of child care. The state House Finance Committee met recently, according to a report by The Center Square to discuss the ...

Rounding Third: The problems of being persnickety

Local Commentaries

We went out to supper last week and I did something obnoxious. I couldn’t help myself. We were reading the menu when the young waitress bopped up to our table, all fresh-faced, smiley. I thought to myself, how nice. And then she said, “Are you guys ready to order?” My spine stiffened, ...

Our opinion: Accept cash for school events

Our Opinion

It’s fine, in our opinion, if schools want to accept credit or debit cards for admission to school events or for concessions at school events. But the time isn’t right to stop accepting cash as payment either. We agree with the idea behind a bill Rep. Dan Moul, R-Gettysburg, is ...

Our Opinion: Youngsville band makes sweet music

Our Opinion

For most area marching bands, the end of football season means the end of marching band. Not so for the Youngsville Marching Eagles, whose season extended all the way through St. Patrick’s Day and a trip to Dublin, Ireland, to perform in the 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Youngsville ...

Our opinion: WCSD faces major changes

Our Opinion

County residents are probably tired of reading headlines like the one on today’s editorial. The problem is those headlines aren’t going away, yet as a county we are incredibly resistant to change. It was about a year ago that the topic of further school consolidations swept new Warren ...