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Joe the PlumberĢƵ words of wisdom?

On Oct. 12, 2008, Samuel Wurzelbacher confronted Sen. Barack Obama while he was on a campaign stop in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood.Wurzelbacher asked, “I’m getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000 to $280,000 a year. Your new tax planĢƵ going to tax me more, isn’t ...

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I’ve frequently mentioned the baseball legends who’ve displayed their enormous talents on local ball fields.Dizzy Dean, Honus Wagner, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants have all delighted local baseball ...

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On this date 98 years ago, it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that local hotelier George Titlow had collected $150 toward the townĢƵ first ambulance.Private subscribers were being solicited around the area who would contribute $1 each (“the maximum amount that ...

Foul wind by any other name

<em>“WhatĢƵ in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”</em><em>William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet</em>This is that rare occasion when I quote old Bill Shakespeare.Come to think of it, I’ve ...

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One hundred years ago today, a clear sign spring had finally sprung, was the discovery -- of all things --of a snake. Don’t believe me?“J.O. Clark captures poisonous snake alive,'' read a prominent headline on the front page of the May 12, 1914, edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald.Mr. ...

Republicans can keep on talking

Ah, itĢƵ spring. Or what inhabitants of the Arctic Circle call spring.Despite the unseasonably cool temperatures, tiny leaves are starting to sprout; grass is turning a healthy green; and birds are making their way back from wherever they were.ItĢƵ time, too, for Republicans to begin their ...