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Greene County Opinion

Embrace the ‘new normal’

Social distancing. Masking. COVID-19. Coronavirus.Say those words aloud and watch anyone who hears you cringe.More than two months after the first cases were reported in Pennsylvania, the weariness is visible on peoples’ faces.And we’ve got plenty to put on the pile of our mental ...

Cooking my way through quarantine

Ever since our local mayor issued a COVID-19 shelter-in-place-and-go-completely-cocoa bananas order, my family and I have found ourselves cooking more than we have for our entire lives. We’ve even been following recipes and using the actual stove/oven thingy, much to the relief of our ...

Disputes among the Brethren

Exodus 18:13-27 Gives us the account of where Moses sat as Judge for all the peopleĢƵ issues. With any group of any size, undoubtedly there will arise disagreements that need settled. The situation here was that Moses wasn’t just doing the difficult cases, but all the easy low hanging fruit ...

This is my family’s coronavirus story

It was around 1 a.m. last Friday, and my wife nudged me awake. Her shoulders shook in the darkness. The tears ran freely down her face.“SheĢƵ gone,” she said softly, her voice filled with depthless pain and loss and disbelief.It was the news that we prayed would not come. After three ...

Things are gonna change after COVID

According to the medical examiners, the primary underlying conditions leading to death in the victims of this pandemic are hypertension and diabetes, chronic conditions brought on by environment and diet.The fact that COVID is disproportionately impacting marginated communities should not be a ...

Pennsylvania has a litter problem; resolving it is up to us

I’m sure you could find plenty of things to do with $65 million.I’m sure we all as a society could find plenty of things to do with $65 million, particularly as the coronavirus and its accompanying economic dislocation eats away at state and local budgets.And $65 million is what the ...