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OP-ED: Life is short, so stop focusing on negativity

Over the past few COVID years, we have been regularly showered with bad news while also being inundated with negativity from those who benefit from our divisions. LetĢƵ put this into perspective, however; itĢƵ nothing new.In fact, according to an article by Derek Thompson in The Atlantic, ...

Read this: ItĢƵ ‘classified!’

I used to enjoy a good political scandal.Finding misplaced government documents doesn’t count.Back when they found hundreds of classified documents down there at Mar-A-Lago, that was a nice, juicy, eye-rollable event worthy of a column or two.But since President Biden and ex-vice president ...

More school buildings will need air conditioning in the years ahead

The Canon-McMillan School District recently opened a $78 million middle school on 32 acres in North Strabane. ItĢƵ a state-of-the-art structure and has amenities like updated technology labs, a music wing and a maker space.It also has air conditioning.The latter feature should, at first ...

Connellsville will honor war dead

Thanks to Judy Keller, I can now put a face to a name. Years ago, I wrote about Bobby Burns. His story was told to me by Rita Smyth for a magazine article I was doing about the Connellsville Canteen of World War II.Bobby was just a kid when Rita knew him. Only a few months out of high school, ...