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For months, but what to most Americans might seem like years, the word 鈥渋nfrastructure鈥 has been running a close second to 鈥淐OVID-19鈥 and its horrible toll of sickness and death.Now that President Joe Biden has signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, ...

Let us give thanks, but stay vigilant

Many families here and in most other parts of the United States are returning to their traditional Thanksgiving celebrations today, buoyed by vaccine-based cautious optimism that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over.Perhaps the worst is over, but for many families with members still ...

When it was announced last week that South Fayette and Collier townships and Bridgeville borough were filing suit in Commonwealth Court to stop the proposed electronic tolling of the Interestate 79 bridge at the Bridgeville exchange, attorney John Smith emphasized that the lawsuit was not some ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Greene County and Loved Again Charities, are partnering again for their second annual Children鈥檚 Winter Coat and Gear Drive. Representatives from both agencies are asking residents to donate new ...

Jerry Sandusky case brought shame and change

Jerry Sandusky was trusted.The assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team and Washington County native whose father was the longtime director of the nonprofit Brownson House in Washington had built a reputation over decades as being an avuncular, teetotaling, ...

Taunting incident mars school district

Respect and decency were in short supply during an Oct. 28 game between the Armstrong River Hawks and Mars Fightin鈥 Planets at the Armstrong team鈥檚 Belmont Ice Arena near Kittanning. And, that short supply was not due to animosities between players on the two teams, but instead the ...