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LETTER: Please protect our health care

It's hard to overstate how important good health insurance is for our overall well-being. I would know as a Stage 3 melanoma survivor who wouldn't have been able to afford my lifesaving care without health insurance. For me, comprehensive, affordable health insurance meant being able to get ...

OP-ED: Airplane challenges through the years

Air traffic controllers have been having a rough time, and that doesn’t exactly make any of us feel calmer about flying. So, I thought I’d revisit a few of the memorable flight experiences we have survived over the past. Once, on a commuter plane from Philadelphia to Providence, R.I., I ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Despite the impending closing of Penn State Fayette, higher education may still be offered at the Eberly Campus. Fayette County commissioners voted last week to create the Fayette County Educational Authority, which will study ways to continue to use the property after it closes. “Our ...

EDITORIAL: They’re ready to help

Later this week, many of us will gather around the table with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving. It will be a day full of turkey, stuffing and all of the trimmings for some. Sadly, others will struggle to put food on the table. We recognize that Thanksgiving is not just about ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: The Salvation ArmyÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ annual Red Kettle Campaign is in full swing, and donations are even more important this year, given the delay in funding for rent and utility assistance and SNAP funding due to the shutdown of the federal government. Christine Bell, director of the Uniontown ...

OP-ED: A servant leader in a self-centered world

Recently, the Somerset Chamber of Commerce recognized a friend of mine. For more than 50 years, G. Henry Cook, retired chair of Somerset Trust Company, has quietly shaped the soul of Somerset County. HeÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ done it not with ego, but through integrity, humility, and a committed belief that ...