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Fame comes and goes with time

Just off ScottdaleĢƵ main street sits a small monument which most people, I dare say, pass without notice. The monument pays tribute to a pioneer of early aviation, native son James DeWitt Hill.Old Orchard Beach, Maine, sparkled beneath a late summer sun. The Atlantic Ocean rolled in gentle ...

The price of being a genius

It is both tragic and common that genius might be accompanied by self-destruction.Robin Williams was a troubled soul long before he committed suicide last week. His battle with demons were well-documented.Williams was a force of nature; an original, whose peers marveled at his ability to draw ...

Uniontown team won national title in 1959

Fifty-five years ago this August a Uniontown team won a national championship. Not since 1927, when Uniontown High School won a mythical national championship in basketball, had a local team reached so high.No city, county or regional team has done as well since.This team of note was sponsored ...

Tapes reveal ugly side of Nixon

"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."President Richard Nixon, Nov. 17, 1973Richard Nixon may not have been a crook, but he was something far worse – a scoundrel.His presidential accomplishments were significant.Nixon normalized relations ...

Did you know?

“ENGLAND AND GERMANY NOW FORMALLY AT WAR,” read the bold headline on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald on Aug. 5, 1914.While the hostilities that marked the official start of WWI had taken place on July 28th, the news that England had declared war on Germany was an indication ...

Let’s take a pause for the Pirates

This week I’ve decided to put politics aside in favor of my usual mid-to-late summer assessment of the Pittsburgh Pirates.Yep! They’re back in the thick o’ things. ItĢƵ getting to the point where thatĢƵ nothing new.The Pirates have managed to keep things interesting going into the ...