A recent donation serves as a good reminder of a jewel in our midst. Katie Penley and Sharey Sveda recently presented a donation to the Allegheny Valley Veterans Center from the annual Support Our Veterans Golf Scramble in June at Jackson Valley Golf Course. Over the last eight years, ...
Tax credit helps children Dear Editor, New Census poverty data confirms it — we need to expand the Child Tax Credit. In 2023, the U.S. Census reported the child poverty rate increased last year by 1.3% to 13.7% overall. This translates to millions of children living in poverty. The ...
It appears that state Gov. Josh Shapiro is making all the right moves. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Shapiro’s favorability ratings in late September — at 59% — are higher than Kamala Harris at 46% and Donald Trump at 45%. Before Harris’s selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ...
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., could not have proved two points more handily last week if he had tried. First, he proved the spreading of vicious lies about an immigrant community in Springfield, Ohio, has indeed led to the kind of hostility that puts those people (and their entire community) ...
I recently discovered that October is National Cheese Month. I must admit I do like cheese. There are so many kinds of cheese that it is impossible to list them all. In my refrigerator now I have mozzarella, pepper jack cheese, American cheese, sharp cheese, and dill Havarti. I use them all ...
Commonwealth residents should get ready for a public safety debate - because we can guarantee one is coming. In our opinion, a bill proposed by Rep. Mary Jo Daley, D-Merion Station, is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. Daley does, indeed, want to see how many people are being held in local jails ...