Since Angelina Jolie revealed last week that she had undergone a double mastectomy in order to head off what appeared to be a strong likelihood of developing breast cancer, the word “courageous” has been fastened to her to the point of cliche.
More and more, it appears that Pennsylvania’s charter schools want to have it both ways.
There’s a lot going on atop the Greene County Courthouse, and according to an architectural firm, none of it is very good.
Carmichaels Borough decided last week to hold off on a plan to hire a new police officer because it was discussing a possible agreement to have Cumberland Township police help patrol the borough.
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tip O’Neill famously declared that “all politics is local.” You can take such a statement in a variety of ways, but there are some profound truths hidden in there.
Since the beginning of this year, the Washington County Court of Common Pleas has been like a 747 flying on only three engines. Fully staffed at six judges, it is operating now with four because of the departures of judges Janet Moschetta Bell and Paul Pozonsky.
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad as compiled by the Associated Press:
The front page of Wednesday’s newspaper was as serious as any day’s, but it still offered us two opportunities to chuckle.
The May 9 editorial on public employee pensions omits some facts and makes some misleading statements.
Congress is very busy lately, trying to fix blame for the delay or denial of 401c application forms from conservative organizations. Is the denial the fault of a political party or government employees behaving badly? The use of the Internal Revenue Service to harass and hinder opponents has been...
Washington City Hall has slapped the business district in the face once again.
We are all created equal but that’s where it ends. Our lives are shaped by our family, friends, government, religions and yes, even the press. In the shaping of who we are to become this equality dissolves. We all become unique. Some become priests and some become murderers. Some become...
Many residents of Trinity Area School District were victimized by a political drive-by when they visited their mailboxes earlier this week.
Donora has no banks, no grocery stores, no gas stations and the powers that be talk about progress.
Joe Main, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, can brag about having only 19 mining deaths in the United States last year, but he neglects to mention that in only the first three months of 2013 there were eight mining deaths in America. When sequestration cut just under half...
The presence of unarmed security guards at the May 6 Nottingham Township supervisors meeting would be laughable, except for the fact it is an example of classic textbook corporate bullying. Ramaco, a Kentucky company, wants to open a coal mine in the heart of rural Nottingham Township. The...
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