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Opinion

Editor’s corner: Volatile week across border shakes secure sense

Our Opinion

FREDONIA, N.Y. — Shortly after 8:15 p.m. Monday, the scanner call went out. Law enforcement officers along with the Dunkirk and Fredonia Fire Departments responded to a gunshot wound at the Econo Lodge off Route 60 just near the Thruway exit 59. It marked the fifth shooting incident in five ...

Our opinion: Aid effort failing some students

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Remember the struggle last academic year as students and their families across the country struggled to figure out the new “simplified” Free Application for Federal Student Aid? Well, the U.S. Department of Education is at it again, this time announcing a phased rollout for the 2025-26 ...

View from Hickory Heights: Faith and sharing a secret

Local Commentaries

A couple weeks ago I did the children’s sermon at church. At that time, I shared one of my secrets with the children as well as the adults in the congregation. When I was in treatment for breast cancer, I had to lay very still for many of the tests. I told the children that I repeated ...

Our opinion: Project’s end brings clean slate

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Monday’s City Council meeting opened with a surprising announcement - Hudson Group is not moving forward with a senior housing project on Liberty Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The decision brings an end to a matter that had dominated council meetings in recent months and prompted a ...

Finding neighborliness on Front Porch Day

Local Commentaries

Once upon a time, in Warren, Pennsylvania, three wise men got together on a downtown porch. Gary, Doug, and Gary enjoyed each other’s company just chatting about the weather, the town, sports and more. Guy stuff. They wound up discussing how much fun it would be to start a Front Porch ...

Our opinion: Housing remains a dire need

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Warren has quietly, thanks to the leadership of Tom Pierotti, become a welcoming place for Ukranian refugees displaced by the Russian invasion of their home country. The families owe Pierotti and his fellow volunteers at First Lutheran Church a debt of gratitude for their work to help open ...