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Rounding Third: Witnessing a return of the natives

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I like to write about the annual robins who nest on my back porch. I enjoy watching their month-long odyssey from the home building to the final fledgling fly-off. Last year’s model must have liked the neighborhood, because Rosie Robin (as I had named her) is back. And she has brought along two friends. I don’t know whether she is the same momma robin for sure, but she certainly looks like last year’s model … same red breast, same yellow bill, same black, beady, watchful eyes – amazingly just like the picture in my bird book. And her two sidekicks look identical, enough to ...

Our opinion: Once again, legislator proposes a rural policing tax

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Rep. Tim Brennan, D-Doylestown, has been a staunch advocate over the past couple of legislative sessions for the idea that too many Pennsylvania townships and boroughs rely on the Pennsylvania State Police rather than a local police force. From his seat between Allentown and Philadelphia, we can see how he would think rural counties need to have more police departments. After all, Bucks County is home to 40 separate police jurisdictions for a population of more than 645,000. It’s probably unfathomable to Brennan that there are areas that rely on the State Police rather than local ...

Our opinion: Generosity here burns bright

Our Opinion

The fact that Warren County is losing population has been drummed into our collective heads over the past 30 or 40 years. But the drumbeat of discouraging population news or disappointing economic news doesn’t obscure the fact that even as our population shrinks, our community’s generosity does not. Recently, we reported on the 2025 United Fund of Warren County’s Torchlight Campaign, which reached its $725,000 goal with support coming from a wide variety of sources, including a growing number of small businesses and individual donors. Like April showers bring May flowers, ...

Our opinion: State Police security lapses are inexcusable

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There’s a lot to unpack in the days after an arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion. We should all be able to agree that security around Gov. Josh Shapiro was inexcusably lax given that one of the most notorious recent acts of political violence had taken place in Butler, Pa., during last year’s presidential campaign. It’s hard to fathom how Cody Balmer was able to climb a fence, smash a window, enter the governor’s mansion, use a Molotov cocktail to start a fire and then escape. Police didn’t catch Balmer - he turned himself in. It’s worth mentioning the ...

Our opinion: New fund could boost Sugar Grove

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A core group of Sugar Grove residents have started a fund that could provide a boost to projects benefiting their neighbors for years to come. Starting the Sugar Grove Community Fund was the easy part. The hard part comes next as the fund’s advisory committee tries to grow the fund. The first opportunity to do so en masse comes May 14 during Warren Gives. To help the fund grow the Community Foundation of Warren County will match the first $25,000 in donations to the Sugar Grove Community Fund, dollar for dollar. Donations can be made online at WarrenGives.org, or by contacting the ...

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Light in the darkness? Dear Editor, So, for those of you who may not have had a chance to keep up with things, here’s a brief update on what’s been happening in our nation over the past three months. Basically, our newly re-elected leader and his administration have been recklessly dismantling our government, trashing our constitution, and doing everything they can to complete an authoritarian takeover of our democracy. They have been following the playbook of dictators throughout the world, and doing so at breakneck speed, e.g.: bullying, threatening, extorting and attacking ...