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Letters To The Editor

LETTER: More than pumpkins

October is more than a season — it’s a signal. The air turns crisp, the hills come alive with brilliant reds and golds, and communities gather under Friday night lights for high school football. It’s the season of pumpkin patches, hot cider, and those first frosty mornings that tell us: ...

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania defines Animal Humane Law as neglect, mistreatment or cruelty perpetrated upon any animal. While state and local law enforcement can investigate and charge, only Humane Society Police Officers (HSPOs) are specifically trained for this. As their title suggests, ...

LETTER: Commonsense legislation

School has resumed and our kids are back playing sports. It's great to see children competing in soccer, cross country, and volleyball. But with the return of high school and college sports, we once again are faced with the concern of biological males competing in girls' sports. This recent ...

The hidden cost of homelessness

As a local business owner who has proudly served this community over the past few years, I have witnessed firsthand the growing challenge that homelessness presents—not just for those without shelter but for the entire neighborhood, including small businesses like mine. Homelessness is often ...

In November 2023 the school board for Connellsville Area School District eliminated the traditional recognition of academic excellence when they voted 7-2 to no longer recognize a valedictorian, salutatorian, or top 10 students at graduation. Parents and students were only notified of this ...

Schools don’t teach ‘fringe ideologies’

I deplore the shooting death of Charlie Kirk but the fact that he was lying about transgender people in the seconds before he was shot reminded me of how disgusted I was with Matthew Dowling’s commentary Sept. 4. Trans people are estimated to make up 1-2% of the U.S. population and less than ...