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Greene D.A. mum on SWAT team

We all agree that the safety of our children and citizens is the top priority of elected officials, and certainly a faster, well-coordinated response to any threatening incident is a necessity.For decades, the Incident Command System has provided a standardized approach to the command, control, ...

Oh, what a tangled web we weave

George Santos tells whoppers.That would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.The 34-year-old Republican is about to become a brand-new U.S. congressman from New YorkÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Third Congressional District.Unfortunately, heÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ already carrying a lot of baggage.Santos has difficulty proving that anything in ...

The departed and things they said

Kathy Whitworth died last week. She was 83 and dropped dead at a holiday party, apparently a festive affair. It was said she was her usual self moments before she died: convivial, happy, looking ahead.Whitworth was professional golfÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ winningest player, with 88 tournament championships. Asked ...

Vaccine hesitancy shows how easily we can move backwards

Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were all nervous about Y2K?You remember that – some folks were hoarding food and water in the midst of overheated predictions that the transition from Dec. 31, 1999, to Jan. 1, 2000, would lead to computer meltdowns, planes falling from the sky and all ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> One month ago, Pam Snyder became a former state representative following almost a decade in Harrisburg, and, before that, almost a decade as a county commissioner in Greene County. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the region who is ...

Sheepskin Trail is a Fayette jewel

While reflecting on Fayette CountyÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ incredible progress across a variety of industries and projects in 2022, I would be remiss not to mention the tremendous strides made on the Sheepskin Trail.The board of commissioners recently hosted a ribbon cutting celebrating completion of the latest ...