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Letters To The Editor - Greene County

About 2 p.m. on the Friday before Memorial Day, Gov. Corbett quietly announced his signing of an executive order lifting the moratorium on additional leasing of state lands for gas drilling. The moratorium was put in place by former Gov. Ed Rendell in 2010.CorbettÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ order is part of his plan ...

The Pennsylvania State Police are responsible for the primary law enforcement duties for over 85 percent of the commonwealth. That number is only increasing as more local municipalities move to eliminate their forces as they address local budget shortfalls. With the increasing workload of truck ...

Demolition is not progress

Waynesburg University has applied for a demolition permit to destroy Peoples Bank Building, WaynesburgÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ skyscraper. Issuance of the permit is imminent.I write to plead with Waynesburg Borough Council and the leadership of Waynesburg University to stop this madness and begin engaging in open, ...

Support needed to protect Dunkard Creek

Dunkard Creek is a large part of the community here in Greene County. As a special place in the region, Dunkard Creek provides a place we all love to visit, while supporting activities like swimming, fishing, kayaking, and canoeing.These are just some of the many features that define life in ...

Institutions are typically made of mortar and brick. But others are formed by people creating memories.The annual GNP concert at Waynesburg University is an example of the latter. Now in its 44th consecutive year, it was an opportunity to sample a variety of music and reconnect with my personal ...

The Greene County Messenger (April 11-17) and sister newspaper the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (April 8) both published a front-page article that addressed the continuing decline in census figures for both Greene and Fayette counties. The decline bodes ill for the underprivileged, particularly Greene ...