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Charleroi Elementary named Blue Ribbon School

Charleroi Area Elementary Center was among 13 schools in Pennsylvania that were selected as winners of the new Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Schools program. The new program was launched after the U.S. Department of Education last month ended the prestigious 40-year-old federal Blue Ribbon ...

Compromise necessary for progress

No matter when and/or how PennsylvaniaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ budget impasse ends, members of the General Assembly need to exercise an examination of conscience into why they allowed the current fiscal embarrassment to persist for so long — now having passed the three-month mark for a basic budget-preparation ...

Communities split on forming Northern Washington County Regional Police Department

Four municipalities recently voted on forming a regional police department, but only Mt. Pleasant Township and McDonald are currently moving ahead with the idea. Mt. PleasantÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ board of supervisors approved a charter for the Northern Washington County Regional Police Department at their Oct. ...

Agencies make adjustments to compensate for lack of state, federal funding

The lack of a state budget and the shutdown of the federal government continue to have wide-ranging local effects. Some agencies have had to alter services of lay off staff. Others have stepped up to try to fill the void and aid those in need. About 2 million Pennsylvanians are among the ...

Assaying the revolt that changed everything

By Richard Robbins Not often does a magazine edition come along that begs both reading and keeping. In the dusty archives of my home work room are several such numbers: A Life and a Look, both devoted to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; and, most conspicuously, the 40th ...