Happy Father’s Day, Dad. It’s been four years since you’ve been gone. Although it seems like yesterday we were enjoying a beverage and having a conversation about life on the phone.
A robin built a nest on a low limb of the tree outside our front window. She built her nest alone. Her mate tried to help, but most of what he built she had to redo.
A robin built a nest on a low limb of the tree outside our front window. She built her nest alone. Her mate tried to help, but most of what he built she had to redo.
Free trials are great, aren’t they?
Is that text message that important? How about that phone call? Do you really need to check up on your social media accounts?
When we were children we had a saying: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”
It’s personal to us at the Department of Aging that more than 18 percent of workers earning less than $15 per hour are age 55 or older.
Like many of my neighbors and fellow residents of western Pennsylvania, I continue to be dismayed by the ongoing situation between UPMC and Highmark.
Young men and women are lining up in robed in caps and gowns grinning at their friends.
Giant digital companies don’t like to admit error. Or fix the problem and apologize.
It is tempting for normal people to ignore our president when he starts ranting about treason and corruption at the FBI. I understand the temptation. I'm the object of many of his rants, and even I try to ignore him.
With one hour to the closing of the polls on Tuesday, voter turnout was …. low?, slow?, dark?, non-existent?
Summer is upon us. You know how I know? Proms were just held and graduations are right around the corner. Oh, and the weather — for the most part — has been pretty good and will only get better from here on out.
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.”— Buzz Williams head basketball coach, Texas A&M University
I’m a summer kid. I always have been and always will be one.
We are now three weeks out from the primary election. Do you know who the candidates are? Do you know what races are open? Do you know who you are going to vote for?
Finally, the players are on my side. I finally convinced them. It took quite a bit of effort, but the goal has been achieved.
As Americans observe Earth Day on April 22, let’s take a moment to reflect on the power of the grassroots movement behind that first celebration in 1970, which led to dramatic changes that improved the quality of our lives through cleaner air and water.
If you don’t want any spoilers about Star Wars “Rise of Skywalker,” you won’t want to read any further this week.
As the weather warms and spring flowers bloom, we inch closer to sending off the graduating class of 2019 into the world.
Last weekend when I was at the Empty Bowls 2019 event, I found myself in a somewhat deep conversation surrounding food and children.
I came outside my apartment Monday morning, and there was snow on the ground and my Jeep.
I came outside my apartment Monday morning, and there was snow on the ground and my Jeep.
Our response needs to be better. Our response needs to be long term.
We all know government does lots of things — intentionally and unintentionally— which are ineffective and do not make financial sense.
“A mountain has given birth to a mouse. The ‘Russian affair’ falls to pieces before our eyes.”
Mike Trout was given 432 million reasons to smile earlier this week.
Nestled in a small patch of forest in Neshannock Township a building is situated back from the roadway. And it just became $100,000 richer this week.Hess Ice Rink was named the winner of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation’s “Renovate the Rink” contest, and will soon begin a transformation pr…
The news media are taking quite a bruising these days. Politicians, including the current occupant of the White House, revel in bashing reporters, newspapers, television and cable networks, Internet news outlets and just about anyone else who dares to shed light or comment on the workings of…
When President Theodore Roosevelt recommended that politicians should “speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far,” he was offering wise advice that seems to have been forgotten just over a century later.
Washington has become a mad political war zone. Republicans and Democrats are responsible, tossing partisan grenades at each other on nearly every issue, including the role of the press in our democracy.
For government to be of, by and for the people it must be out in front of the people.
Twenty-five years is a long time.
One of the things that gets forgotten in Harrisburg is how powerful it can be to work across the aisle to move Pennsylvania forward.
Michael Cohen, who admits to lying, also says he’s not a liar.
Spring hasn’t sprung. Not yet, anyway.
How many of you are truly disappointed with Steelers wideout Antonio Brown demanding a trade from the Steel City?
How many of you are truly disappointed with Steelers wideout Antonio Brown demanding a trade from the Steel City?
I sort of watched it. I sort of didn’t really care.
Innovation drives U.S. prosperity and economic growth.
On a bitterly cold and snowy day in January of 1982, Air Florida flight 90 took off from Washington D.C. heading to Tampa, Florida.
I remembered it like it was yesterday, even though it was more than 30 years ago.
Aug. 28, 1963. The scene is Washington, D.C. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the “March on Washington.”
Netflix. Hulu. Amazon Prime. All are having a bigger impact than you think.
So, 2019, is here? A fresh pallet. A clean slate. What colors do we choose? What will we paint?
Using a belt to discipline your child is abuse, period.
BY BRENT ADDLEMAN
It appears journalists are headed for a defining moment with President Donald Trump over the right of the press to ask him tough questions in a manner the president considers rude and hostile.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in the midterm elections was that, unlike 2016, there wasn’t one. Polls and pundits expected Democrats would take control of the House and Republicans would keep the Senate, and that’s exactly what happened.
The other day, I read an article on the Lawrence County Republican Facebook page that was published in the New Castle News.
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Jessie M. Streb, 83, of New Castle died June 16, 2019. There are no calling hours. Arrangements by Ed & Don DeCarbo Funeral Home S. Mill St. Online condolences may be offered at www.decarbofuneralhome.com.
Milton F. Hogue, 61, of 505 Continental Lane, New Castle, passed away the afternoon of June 14, 2019, at his residence. Milton was born on July 3, 1957, to the late Lawrence Hogue and Patricia Norman Lyskowka. Milton worked as a laborer for the Poland Concrete Company in the fabrication divi…
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