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Connoquenessing Twp. needs harmony to fix financial mess
Based on Tuesday's general election, there won't be a personnel change on the Connoquenessing Township Board of Supervisors. Incumbent Supervisor Stephen Misko defeated challenger Sherry Lokhaiser for another six-year term.
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Not too soon for sheriff-elect to plan; for voters to eye 2010
For Butler County Sheriff-elect Mike Slupe, as well as other successful public office newcomers, Tuesday's election marked a beginning of the important preparations leading up to their swearing-in in January. But the election also might well have been a harbinger of what might lie ahead — specifically in the 2010 elections.
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Consider care options, plan
The aging population of Pennsylvania is changing. Pennsylvania has nearly 2 million citizens over the age of 65 and those numbers continue to increase. By 2020, Pennsylvania's 60-and-older population is expected to be 25 percent of the total population; that's more than 3 million people. Most of us baby boomers will be over the age of 65 by that time.
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Grave edict wrong, rude
On Oct. 17, we got a note from the Saxonburg Memorial Church Cemetery Association stating that we were to remove everything that is at our son, Brian D. Tebay's, grave except the headstone.
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District judge is an asset
We have known District Judge Lewis Stoughton for a long time and have had several dealings with him.
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Don't copy Canada's system
I am trying to understand why I should want government-operated health care similar to the Canadian system.
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Interference-free planning
Please, let's keep it straight.
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Last year, a committee of experts published an alarming report on childhood obesity for a scholarly journal published by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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We need a Karzai strategy, new Afghan plan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The re-election of President Hamid Karzai creates new headaches for the Obama administration. But it also presents opportunities to be seized.
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The burst of economic growth in the third quarter reported last week was notable for all the gripes and worries it elicited from commentators. It was dependent on temporary government programs, they said. It may not be sustainable. It's not generating jobs. It doesn't feel like a recovery.
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Obama White House playing numbers games
We used to hear quite a bit about the Bush administration's supposed "war on science."
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