Use caution while travelling Valley Brook detours
It’s here – the dreaded closing of the Valley Brook Road ramp leading to Route 19 in Peters Township.
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Gun control conversation must continue
F or the second week in a row, headlines announcing local drug busts have dominated the front page of this newspaper. Last week, three were arrested on drug charges, prompting lock downs at Canon-McMillan High School and South Central Elementary School. Found in the vehicle were two bricks of...
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Pittsburgh Marathon – running for a reason
This weekend, thousands upon thousands of people will descend on Downtown Pittsburgh for the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon on May 5. Parties, pasta dinners and other events will take place in the days leading up to the big race, which takes place less than three weeks after...
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Meat consumption related to climate change
A review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15 issue of “Environmental Research Letters,” found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities. Although we’re unlikely to reverse climate change, we can mitigate its effects by reducing...
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Real heroes don’t boast
I don’t recall ever hearing a firefighter telling people how brave or important he or she was ... or I didn’t until now. Dan Miller, a candidate for the PA State House of Representatives in the 42nd district, has now circulated several pieces of campaign literature featuring...
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Will property taxes ever be eliminated?
I love this time of year. Along with flowers, signs pop up like lilies along the roads, with names we hardly recognize, seeking our vote.
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Our Founding Fathers wanted us to be ‘rude’
A recent letter to the editor regarding sex education in Peters Township and rudeness was enlightening, only in regards to the mindset of the individual who wrote it.
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Thank you from Westminster Presbyterian
The Presbyterian Women and all of Westminster Presbyterian Church want to say thank you to the large number of individuals and families in the South Hills communities who support our twice-a-year Rummage-Recycling Sales. Hundreds of people donate clothes and all types of household items they no...
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