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Eradicating blight can boost quality of life, economic development

LetĢƵ say you’re house hunting, and you find a property that seems to check off all the boxes. Enough space, the roof is solid and so are the heating and cooling systems. And the price is reasonable. ThereĢƵ one catch, though. The house across the street has long been abandoned. Its ...

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is, as that cityĢƵ mayor called it, “an unspeakable tragedy,” particularly for the families of the six workers who were on the bridge when a cargo ship smashed into it early Tuesday morning and are now presumed dead. ...

If only our leaders would be less profane

In May, a press release from the office of U.S. Sen. John Fetterman landed in the email inboxes of journalists around Pennsylvania. It was headlined this way: “Fetterman on New Castle Train Derailment: Same S–t, Different Day.” The train that derailed in New Castle was a Norfolk ...

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers: The Washington County Board of Commissioners finally did the right thing Thursday when it signed off on a $500,000 grant for a womenĢƵ shelter at WashingtonĢƵ City Mission. The funding will come from the $9.2 million in the Local Share Account that the county receives from gambling ...

The presidential election as reality show

By Nick Jacobs After being inundated with another full day of news about the candidates for president, I’m exhausted from the petty bickering, finger-pointing, accusations, and madness of it all. This feels like a reality show with a plot filled with social media-inspired stupidity. ...

Football game should not have gone forward in brutal cold

Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...