ĢƵ

close

Editorials

Can’t we all just get along?

Imagine sitting at an outdoor concert, enjoying the eveningĢƵ warm summer breeze, your attention fixed on the musical act performing on stage. Your favorite artist starts the second song of his set, and you begin to sing along. Suddenly, out of nowhere, an object is hurled in your ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A big shout-out is extended to Dr. Charles Machesky, who has retired after spending 50 years as an educator and administrator in the Uniontown Area School District. “It was a productive and fulfilling career,” he told the newspaper earlier this week. “But I’ve started to slow ...

Snuffing out e-cigs in school

Generations of kids have ducked out in school restrooms to sneak a cigarette. Readers of a certain age may recall “Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” the song made popular in the 1980s by heavy metal band Motley Crue that became the rallying cry for teenage rebellion: “Sittin' in the ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A Mon Valley business has initiated a fundraiser to benefit employees of U.S. SteelĢƵ Clairton plant who were impacted by last weekĢƵ explosion that killed two and injured another 10. Michelle DeHosse, who owns Sparkles by Shell in Monongahela, and her friend, Heather Gwaley, of ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Kudos to the local students who began their golf season last Friday at Nemacolin Country Club in the TriCADA Golf Tournament. In a field loaded with Class 3A teams, two Class 2A golfers placed in the top 10, as Jefferson-Morgan junior Urijah Teasdale was fifth and Brownsville senior Ben ...

The immigrants deserve better

Albert Einstein said a picture is worth a thousand words. The photo of the sign at the Moshannon detention center in Philipsburg in todayĢƵ newspaper screams them. Irony, too. “Help shelter pets find their way home,” the billboard in the background reads. The signs’ ...