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EDITORIAL: Motorists: Heed school bus laws

School buses are rolling again, making their morning and afternoon rounds through our communities’ neighborhoods. We remind motorists to keep an eye out for children waiting at bus stops, walking along roads and crossing streets – and be ever mindful of the state's school bus laws. ...

EDITORIAL: For the love of the game

At the end of the day, they just wanted to play baseball. With a little ingenuity and cooperation, some of the young athletes competing in the rain-bedeviled Pony League World Series in Washington eventually got their wish. Torrential rainfall forced organizers to scale back last week’s ...

Critter jitters

First of all, you will wait a long time for the appointment — so long that the snakes and mice and whatever is making that scratching sound will now have great-grandchildren. The exterminator finally arrived Wednesday morning. I’d had no warning and, seeing as I’d booked him back in ...

No timeline to grief

Q: I'm writing even though I'm far from a teen, but I believe you will respond. You taught me in middle and high school. I remember you fondly. I learned about life from you. We discussed relationships, communication, sexuality and an awareness of my body, all while focusing on self-worth. I ...

OP-ED: Planting trees to make the world a better place

One of the electives I took in college was philosophy. During the late 1960s, Indiana University of Pennsylvania attracted some fascinating young professors, and one of them changed the way I looked at the world. The term paper I wrote for Professor Davis was titled "Exploring the Philosophical ...