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GetGo a welcome addition

In answer to Shirley Iman’s letter on March 4 about the GetGo station coming to Franklin Township, she mentions that the township meeting Feb. 20 was standing room only. ...

March 18, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Was GetGo given special treatment?

I have attended Franklin Township planning board and supervisors’ meetings since 2022 on the proposed GetGo development on Route 422 and Eagle Mill Road. There was a 201...

March 18, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Does FDA understand what milk is?

The Food and Drug Administration, which is supposed to be protecting us, has decided that soy, oats and almonds can be classified as milk. According to Webster's dictiona...

March 18, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Reopening of Art Center welcome news

A well-known community landmark, the Butler Art Center, seemed to be in dire straits not long ago after a boiler failure forced a prolonged closure. At the time, we expre...

March 18, 2023 Our Opinion

Commentary: Banning the breeding of flat-faced dogs is the kindest thing we can do for them

“Torture breeding.” That’s how many countries refer to the breeding practices that result in dogs with grotesquely flattened snouts like those of English bulldogs, French...

March 17, 2023 Our Opinion

Money from settlement is welcome ammunition in opioid battle

Butler County will receive a share of the $1 billion Pennsylvania will get in a settlement with drugmakers and pharmacies over opioid abuse. The amount of money headed h...

March 17, 2023 Our Opinion

What's known — and not — about U.S. drone and Russia jet crash

WASHINGTON — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U...

March 16, 2023 Other Voices

Editorial: A full banking crisis isn’t apparent in the SVB wreckage

The market still appears to be hunting for weakness among some smaller U.S. banks and even across Europe after U.S. authorities stepped in to guarantee deposits at Silico...

March 16, 2023 Other Voices

Ready for spring and baseball

Springtime is here. You can tell by the way the weather messes with us. March temperatures can bring warm weather close to 80 degrees or it can bring temperatures in the...

March 16, 2023 Our Opinion

Commentary: Another toxic train derailment will happen if we don’t rein in plastics

Images of dead fish floating in murky water and menacing plumes of gray smoke are haunting the nation’s front pages. Interviews with distressed residents are interspersed...

March 15, 2023 Other Voices

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