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More than a toy

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Recently I have seen a lot of posts about paper dolls. I have not seen any that I had as a youngster. My favorite set was a set of twins. They came in a cardboard case so I could carry them around. They were probably about two or three years old as their clothes indicated. More than half the fun with paper dolls is when you got to cut out their clothes. There were always tabs that fit over the shoulder to hold them on. I was an only child so I played alone a lot. Paper dolls were some of my favorite things to play with. On nice days when it was not windy, I often took them out to the ...

Delights of the old stomping grounds

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This New England trip has definitely been adventuresome, eye opening, and fun. I’m writing from Lexington, Mass., home of the Minute Man, home of “the shot heard around the world,” home of my daughter and her family. My itinerary was packed: My grandson’s birthday dinner and his Spring Concert with a Boston area youth symphony. An afternoon visit with old friends and a weekend trip to Maine with really old friends. Our day trip to decorate the family graves along with a traditional stop for seafood at Plymouth harbor. An adventure-packed flick in a fancy cinema plus some ...

Our opinion: Warren Worx notches first win

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Warren Worx has helped secure funding for five communities to provide a mobile WiFi hotspot in Sheffield, Youngsville, Sugar Grove, Warren and Tidioute. It might not seem like much given the much larger tasks in front of Warren Worx, but expanding internet access is a pretty significant win for the organization as it approaches its first year in existence. Communities will also receive funding to either create a new event or resurrect an old event that no longer exists — like the World War II reenactment that used to take place in Tidioute. There are a host of things like securing ...

Our opinion: JCC scholarship can assist

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Jamestown Community College officials have spent the past several years trying to find new students as its Chautauqua County enrollment decreased. A couple of new initiatives from the JCC Foundation could pay dividends for both the college and students from Warren, McKean and Erie counties. The first initiative is the Good Neighbors Scholarship, a trial initiative designed to support students from Warren, McKean, and Erie counties in Pennsylvania. The scholarship covers half the cost of out-of-state tuition, allowing qualifying students to pay the same rate as New York residents. The ...

Our opinion: No predicting fortune telling

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It’s telling that Rep. Greg Scott is trying to repeal a Pennsylvania law that makes it a crime to perform fortune telling and other “amusements” like tarot card reading. We’re not amused. That has nothing to do with Scott. In fact, the Norristown Democrat is doing his job. A constituent brought the issue to him and he is attempting to deal with it legislatively. The issue is that as states accumulate laws, many become outdated. When one wonders why so little tends to get done in Harrisburg or other state capitols around the country, these bills are one culprit. It’s ...

Our opinion: Will billing change have benefits?

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It made plenty of sense from a cash flow perspective for Warren County officials to split tax billing rather than send one bill later in the year for county, school and municipal taxes. There’s a reason why every other county in the state had made this change before Warren County - it helps with county budgeting. But discussion during a recent Warren County Commissioners meeting shined a light on another potential benefit - fewer tax delinquencies. In 2013 Warren County had about 11% of tax bills end up being delinquent. Now, that number is 8.78%, a number that ends up equalling ...