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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Praise for business starts at top

White Cane Coffee has been a quiet success story for some time. We hope national recognition for Erin Willman, White Cane Coffee CEO, amplifies the Willman family’s story — because they have quite the story to tell. Erin Willman is being recognized by CEO Monthly with a Global CEO ...

Our opinion: School snack edict tough to swallow

The Warren County School District shouldn’t simply ban shared snacks like birthday cupcakes or cookies. School board members discussed the idea during their most recent meeting. Instead of shared snacks, parents would be asked to donate to the school’s PTO to pay for a snack through ...

Our opinion: Innocence ends at Institution

In the hours immediately following author and speaker Salman Rushdie was stabbed at Chautauqua Institution, the only thing we know for sure is Chautauqua Institution will never be the same. Not after this. Not after a man walked through the gates as millions have done for more than a century ...

Our opinion: Inflation is nation’s priority

Children will be heading back to school soon, and as we go through this yearly rite of passage, we’re all understandably looking at it through the lens we’ve unfortunately been looking at too many things this year. The lens of inflation. “I feel like everything is going up these ...

Our opinion: Too many ‘abandoning’ this state

Pennsylvania population losses starting to bring additional cause for concern. Some of those declines, experts believe, may be tied to the higher taxation policies that are impacting businesses while trickling down to residents. One of the most pressing concerns comes from the largest city in ...

Our opinion: Involve public in manager search

City Council members spoke passionately in June about the importance of finding the best person to be Warren’s next city manager. Nancy Freenock, who has been the city manager since 2012, is retiring in August. City officials held a special meeting in June to discuss how to move forward, ...