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Opinion

Our opinion: Finding hope during Christmas

Our Opinion

On this oftentimes dreadful planet, it is hard to imagine how the words “Peace on Earth” have any true relevance anymore. To many people on this Christmas Day, that phrase is considered obsolete, just a minuscule remnant of a better time, although looking at this planet as a whole, there ...

Our opinion: ‘Kids for cash’ clemency appalling

Our Opinion

Republican House Rep. Brenda Pugh is so upset by President Joe Biden’s commutation of the prison sentence of former Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan that she wants to rename the President Joe Biden Expressway. “Conahan’s conduct is forever a blight on Pennsylvania and is a slap in ...

Proposal fails to look at big transportation picture

Letters To Editor

As the vote to close Youngsville High School and move the grade nine to 12 Sheffield students, it is evident that the district has not thought this plan all the way through on many of the aspects that pertain to this ill-fated plan. One of the biggest areas of question is over the ...

Merger just not impacting students

Letters To Editor

This is an open letter to the Warren school board. What is the plan for preparing (academically and mentally) students who attend Youngsville High School and who now may have to switch schools? This would be a major change in their lives. I want to know how staff at both Youngsville High and ...

Editor’s corner: Unsustainable entities reach a tipping point

Opinion

All is calm. All is bright. Those lyrics are synonymous with the sentiments of many residents in this region when it comes to preparing for the Christmas celebration. But it’s nowhere near as cheery when considering a new year that will be filled with important and urgent decisions. Do not ...

Our Opinion: Nothing heroic about murder suspect

Our Opinion

Altoona has been accorded deserved praise but also has been inflicted with an undeserved black eye over the Luigi Mangione case — Mangione being the suspect in the high-profile murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Dec. 4 outside a New York City hotel. The latter is totally without ...