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EDITORIAL: Baby, it鈥檚 cold outside

鈥淲eather鈥 you like it or not, the cold is here, and if this past week was a harbinger of things to come, we鈥檒l be bundling up a lot. With the chilly temps (this week, some days will be in the single digits or teens) and snow come health risks for many. During last year鈥檚 cold snap, ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A couple of area students were among those high-stepping through the streets of Manhattan last week as part of the Macy鈥檚 Thanksgiving Day Parade. Lucas Salaway and Graciana Grimes, seniors at Frazier High School, performed in the Macy鈥檚 Great American Marching Band, joining an ...

Financial literacy requirement makes sense

McGuffey students got a reality check earlier this month during a financial reality fair. The event, hosted by two local credit unions, was well worth the hours invested, given the reaction of some of the high-schoolers. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 realize how expensive it will be to live on my own and ...

LETTER: Please protect our health care

It's hard to overstate how important good health insurance is for our overall well-being. I would know as a Stage 3 melanoma survivor who wouldn't have been able to afford my lifesaving care without health insurance. For me, comprehensive, affordable health insurance meant being able to get ...

OP-ED: Airplane challenges through the years

Air traffic controllers have been having a rough time, and that doesn鈥檛 exactly make any of us feel calmer about flying. So, I thought I鈥檇 revisit a few of the memorable flight experiences we have survived over the past. Once, on a commuter plane from Philadelphia to Providence, R.I., I ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Despite the impending closing of Penn State Fayette, higher education may still be offered at the Eberly Campus. Fayette County commissioners voted last week to create the Fayette County Educational Authority, which will study ways to continue to use the property after it closes. 鈥淥ur ...