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What are you thankful for this year?

It’s 6:58 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, and you jolt up in bed, suddenly wide awake. In the fog of sleep, as the memory of your strangely poultry-themed dream fades away, one thought surfaces: the potatoes. You never bought the potatoes. As it happens though, you’ve got just enough time to ...

Remember to shop local this holiday season

The holiday season, long looming, is officially upon us yet again. And, as everyone begins thinking about the weekend’s sales — Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday — we hope that people are remembering to prioritize shopping at their local businesses. To that end, ...

Community action a vital, tragic necessity

We have been heartened by the recent upwelling of local community members doing good deeds — be it the group organizing food for families in need every Sunday in Triangle Park, the basket raffle which aided the family of Coy Shade, or the various groups ranging from Kiwanis to Elks to local ...

135 days

After 135 days, Pennsylvania finally has a budget. 135 days. 20 weeks. Four and a half months. Nine-and-change fortnights. Whatever unit of measurement you prefer, it’s too much. And make no mistake: it will happen again. There’s no reason for it not to. The Pennsylvania budget ...

This Veterans Day, learn our past from those who were there

There are few opportunities quite like Veterans Day when it comes to learning about our history. History, as is commonly said, is written by the winners. And while that may be true for the history books, operating on the scale of generations, we prefer to say that history is written by the ...

Like Trump, Mamdani shows up — and promises the impossible

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve likely heard about the surprising rise of Zohran Mamdani, a New York state legislator who rose to prominence in the spring and won the seat of New York City Mayor in the general election this week. While NYC’s mayor does wield an outside impact ...