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As divided and as stressed as we are, we do have much to be thankful for It’s one of history’s greatest ironies that a holiday that we’ve come to associate with belt-loosening and piling the plate high with victuals was kicked into gear by grim ascetics who didn’t like Christmas. The ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A severe summertime drought is typically not good news, but it has had one unexpectedly good side effect in this region – it has lowered the water level in Yough Lake to such an extent that it has allowed a 206-year-old stone bridge to emerge from the depths. Thousands of visitors ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has likely been around as long as men – and it has almost exclusively been men – have risked their lives in combat. It was not officially recognized as a mental health condition until 1980, but there are stories going back to the Civil War of ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to the Bentworth boys soccer team for managing to top last year's landmark season with another stellar campaign. The Bearcats finished 20-3 a year ago, won the WPIAL Class A championship by defeating section rival Charleroi, then advanced to the PIAA semifinals before losing ...

If there’s a standout characteristic of American politics and society in the 21st century, it’s how disunited the United States is in its politics and cultural life. Since 2000, when Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote by 589,000 votes but lost the presidency because of 537 votes in ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers & Jeers CHEERS: Cheers to two local teams for showing their mettle by bouncing back from heartbreaking defeats with huge postseason victories. Frazier's top-seeded girls volleyball team suffered a disappointing 3-0 loss to Greensburg Central Catholic on Saturday in the WPIAL ...