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A duck of a good prank

Christopher Beers and his cohorts from GrandpaĢƵ JoeĢƵ were out and about before the quack of dawn a few weeks back to pull off a caper unlike any other in Canonsburg. Angling to ruffle a few feathers, the candy shop owner and his team, under the cover of darkness, secretly planted 2,000 ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’d like to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, whose unflagging commitment to the youth in our region serves as an inspiration to all. Many know Mary Jo for her “Ask Mary Jo” column that appears weekly in this newspaper. She wears plenty of ...

OP-ED: Democracy depends on trust

Trust in American institutions has been dissipating for over a half a century. Long before we had the COVID-19 arguments over masks, we already had Watergate, Vietnam, and Iran-Contra. Each of those made us wonder if the folks in charge knew what they were doing or were lying to our faces. For ...

EDITORIAL: Offer empathy, not judgment

The fights next door are loud. Sometimes they happen often; other times there are weeks or months between them. No matter the frequency, the pattern remains the same: An argument. A scream. A thump. Tears. The neighbors hear it all, but don’t help. Instead, they raise their eyebrows, shake ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Kudos to Connor Basinger and the Connellsville hockey team. Basinger, a freshman, sparkled in his first varsity game by recording a hat trick in the Falcons' 4-2 victory over Central Valley at CFS Bank Arena in Rostraver Township last Thursday. Basinger's first goal was unassisted ...

OP-ED: Thursdays with Carl and Ethel

It was a different time. In fact, the crazy fun we had in the ’70s was like a spin-off from the fun sitcom “Delta House” or the movie “Animal House.” Every Thursday night, we had a standing invitation from our friend Jim to go to Carl and EthelĢƵ basement. Jim didn’t live there ...