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State should help brewers diversify, expand

Gov. Gifford Pinchot – who was a visionary in other respects – disagreed with ProhibitionÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ repeal in 1933. He devised a system making it difficult to buy alcoholic beverages, and the commonwealth has had a long, torturous journey toward consumer choice that characterizes the rest of the ...

Pennsylvania needs to test schools for radon

Radon could be almost anywhere.You can’t see it like smoke. It is colorless and transparent. You can’t smell it like a gas leak. It gives off no telltale scent. You can’t feel it in the air like the moisture of a foggy day. It is as stealthy as it is dangerous.And it is definitely a ...

Earlier this week, the <em>Observer-Reporter</em> in Washington reported on the large number of people who turn up at LeMoyne Community Center in the city on the second Saturday of every month for food distribution that is carried out in a partnership with the ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> While Pennsylvania Western University reported an increase in freshman enrollment for the 2022-23 academic year, it also reported an overall 11% decline in enrollment. The newly configured institution pulls together the campuses of ...

Sheriff to be commended for transparency

In a time of ever-increasing distrust of law enforcement officials, Fayette County residents should have pride in the recent actions of their elected county sheriff.Jim CusterÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ swift and total transparency last week may well have quelled a whole lot of discourse.When a man came to the county ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> The devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian has left more than 100 in the U.S. dead. Many others have found their homes, cars and possessions destroyed. In the face of this, good-hearted, generous people have stepped forward to donate to complete ...