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Even though anyone at any age can suffer a stroke, it was still a surprise last year when John Fetterman had one in the midst of his successful campaign to occupy one of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seats. He seemed healthy enough, at least on the surface, and he was only 52 at the time.It was ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> With a growing demand for workers in the skilled trades, the Fayette County Career and Technology Institute is to commended for its continued forward thinking. The FCCTI just wrapped up another summer career-exploration camp geared toward ...

Obeying the law is the lowest common denominator of basic citizenship. Yet many politicians and government officeholders often portray legality as the full scope of their public duty.It’s disappointing that Gov. Josh Shapiro has invoked the minimal requirements of the state’s Open Records ...

Emily Rosenberg is a Montgomery County resident and, when she was younger, was treated for an eating disorder.The overwhelming urge to be thin by denying yourself food, or purging what you have eaten, can be hard to comprehend for those who have never dealt with an affliction like anorexia ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> As Pride Month gets underway and Washington hosts its second-ever Pride festival this weekend, a poll released earlier this week showed the extent to which LGBTQ people have won acceptance within American society. A Gallup poll found that 71% ...

Shell isn’t very good at controlling air and water pollution at its massive new petrochemical refinery in Beaver County, but it is adept at politics and math.The state Department of Environmental Protection announced recently that Shell had agreed to pay $10 million for releasing hazardous ...