By the time September rolls in, Uniontown has its own kind of clock. The cicadas fade, the air gets that first cool edge, high school football lights glow on Friday nights, and the last yard sales of the season pop up like mushrooms after a rainstorm. I like yard sales. Not because I need ...
If you find yourself thinking the weather keeps getting more frightening, you鈥檇 be right. The frequency and severity of weather events 鈥� heat waves, floods, windstorms, wildfires, droughts, etc.鈥攁re getting worse. By now, you鈥檝e probably been impacted by this weather, or will be ...
I am not a fan of tipping. I tip well (20%), but I am not happy about it. I tip 20% because I鈥檓 told that鈥檚 the new standard, and I don鈥檛 want to be seen as a cheapskate. Since it鈥檚 an option and not an obligatory service charge, tipping makes me feel like I have personally hired ...
Public trust in government is low, political divisions are deep, and many people feel powerless to influence decisions that affect their daily lives. But even in the face of frustration and fatigue, advocacy remains essential. Elected officials need to hear from their constituents 鈥� ...
I want to tell you about a typical summer day for a 10-year-old boy in a suburb of Dickerson Run named East Liberty, Pennsylvania. But first, some geographic clarification. The East Liberty where I grew up, or just 鈥淟iberty,鈥� as we locals called it, is not a part of Pittsburgh. It is a ...
The Greater Pittsburgh Region has a storied history of forging new industries. Steel, coal, natural gas, glass production and even the advanced health care and financial sectors can all trace their origins to our region. These industries were capitalized by local corporate leaders, advanced ...
