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The holidays are a time to help others

As we clear the Thanksgiving leftovers out of our refrigerators and head toward Christmas, the American mood right now is probably more “bah, humbug,” than “goodwill to men!”COVID-19 appears to have gotten a demoralizing fourth wind, with cases shooting up in Western Pennsylvania and ...

For months, but what to most Americans might seem like years, the word “infrastructure” has been running a close second to “COVID-19” and its horrible toll of sickness and death.Now that President Joe Biden has signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> When Richard Bower Jr., the son of Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower Sr., was in a wrong-way crash in August and DUI charges were filed, the elder Bower appointed a special prosecutor to handle the case. But after DUI charges were ...

Let us give thanks, but stay vigilant

Many families here and in most other parts of the United States are returning to their traditional Thanksgiving celebrations today, buoyed by vaccine-based cautious optimism that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over.Perhaps the worst is over, but for many families with members still ...

When it was announced last week that South Fayette and Collier townships and Bridgeville borough were filing suit in Commonwealth Court to stop the proposed electronic tolling of the Interestate 79 bridge at the Bridgeville exchange, attorney John Smith emphasized that the lawsuit was not some ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Greene County and Loved Again Charities, are partnering again for their second annual ChildrenĢƵ Winter Coat and Gear Drive. Representatives from both agencies are asking residents to donate new ...