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Letters To The Editor

Observe Denim Day

Soroptimist International of Fayette County is part of a global organization that provides support for women and girls in our communities to gain economic empowerment by providing access to education. The organization helps women and girls pursue their dreams by removing barriers. April is ...

LETTER: Fetterman is an embarrassment

Seeing U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s photo in the newspaper where he's wearing a sweatshirt and a pair of shorts was disgraceful and embarrassing.It is nice to know that with a government shutdown looming, Fettermen is more concerned about being able to dress like a bum. As a U.S. senator, ...

Often, public officials work tirelessly for their constituents with very little thanks for the job they do.I would like to thank Fayette County's commissioners, especially Commissioner Vince Vicites, who spearheaded the project, and Andrew French of Fayette County's redevelopment authority, for ...

A new proposal by Gov. Josh Shapiro to provide vouchers to the lowest 15% of performing public schools in Pennsylvania in exchange for a larger increase in subsidies to the state’s public schools has failed to pass both houses of the Legislature. Therefore, the governor decided to drop the ...

As National Library Week came to an end last week, it reminded me of what public libraries have meant to me in the years before I ever even thought about working in a library.From my earliest school years, when I was taken to the Carnegie Free Library in Connellsville, all I could say when I ...

LETTER: Virus no excuse to vote by mail

If you remember when Lynyrd Skynyrd was in its heyday, Winky's Hamburgers and bell-bottom pants, you remember when it was time to vote, you voted on a mechanical lever machine.These 800-pound monoliths of democracy were in service for quite a long time. They were simple to use -- just walk up ...