The Nov. 7 ballot in Washington County asks voters to consider the retention of Judges Valarie Costanzo and Michael Lucas for a second, 10-year term on the Washington County Court of Common Pleas. This pair of jurists were initially elected to the bench in 2013 on both the Republican and ...
In the Saturday edition of the <em>Observer-Reporter</em>, Washington attorney Gary Stout presented what I believe to be a biased and misleading view of the Washington County commissioners race.In the interest of providing clarity and understanding, let’s revisit ...
School boards in 466 out of Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts have passed board resolutions calling for commonsense reforms to the state’s 26-year-old charter school law, such as those included in House Bill 1422.That’s several thousand locally elected, volunteer school directors – ...
I drove past a home recently that had a sign in the yard that said, “Fed up? Vote Republican.”This was an odd sign to see here in Washington County, particularly in this election cycle. On the ballot this year are countywide row offices, including prothonotary, clerk of courts, register of ...
<strong>A</strong>s a proud native of the McKeesport area, I have witnessed the evolution of the Mon Valley economy firsthand. Over the years, we have seen the arrival of new technologies and industries, and some companies have come and gone. But through booms and ...
The war that has erupted in the Middle East is one more example of man’s inhumanity to man. According to Bloomberg News, “This conflict has exposed both new and old geopolitical fault lines, and not just in the Middle East.”One of my friends, Wayne, wrote a passionate interpretation of ...
