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Skate park vision realized ‘one fish dinner at a time’

The design drawing for a planned skate park in Zelienople’s Community Park might look unassuming — some concrete, a few rails and ramps and a pool-like bowl surrounded by trees and grass...

6/17/2019 Our Opinion 0 comments

FDR example forgotten

Over three decades, Rush Limbaugh has captivated radio audiences by injecting a daily dose of gut-wrenching incivility into the bloodstream of his misguided listeners.

6/15/2019 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I got involved in the Mars School District about a year ago and was active at the polls on election day, May 21.

6/12/2019 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Before I start, let me say how happy I am that Route 228 in is being widened to four lanes — a much needed improvement.

6/11/2019 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Bernie’s vision of economic rights blurs orthodox view of socialism

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, is a man from the 1930s. If you didn’t believe that before, you certainly should believe it now.

6/17/2019 Robert Samuelson 0 comments

Lead cleanup mandates must be taken seriously

When I was a kid, my dad half-joked that the Roman Empire fell because the Romans used lead to make their pipes, thus poisoning their drinking water supply. Even at age 7, I found that one hard to believe. But maybe, in some crucial ways, my dad was on to something.

6/17/2019 Other Voices 0 comments

Stand with the people of Hong Kong

On first blush, the proposed legislation that sent more than a million Hong Kong residents into the streets last week and resulted in violent clashes with police may not seem like such a big deal.

6/17/2019 Other Voices 0 comments

America’s squandering its power

This week we watched an unusual spectacle. The foreign minister of Germany, one of the United States’ closest allies, went to Tehran and announced that a European payment system, designed as an alternative to the dollar-based one, would soon be ready.