Countless veterans across the nation struggle with addiction and mental health disorders. Addiction can develop during their time in the military, or when they have been discharged or retired from …
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By VERONICA RAUSSIN
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5/24/23
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Pennsylvania’s casino industry is a major driver of our statewide economy that benefits every single taxpayer, whether they happen to enjoy gaming or not.
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BY PETE SHELLY
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8/24/22
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Six officers from Sullivan Correctional Facility were treated at a local hospital for injuries that occurred when two inmates attacked them in separate incidents.
The assault occurred …
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By JAMES MILLER
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4/26/23
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For Americans who choose to believe in a wide-ranging cornucopia of fanciful conspiracies, argumentative reasoning is a pretty hard sell. But it is not necessarily because anyone has a lack of deductive skill that Americans often find themselves at loggerheads, in screaming matches with the “other side” on major issues.
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BY JOHN PACE
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8/24/22
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It started in 1968, when PennDOT and the U.S. Department of Transportation placed the I84/Route 6 interchange directly on top of the Milford Springs aquifer. This road construction caused significant …
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By VITO DIBIASI
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4/26/23
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The bad news is that Pennsylvania’s chronic economic underperformance has robbed us of prosperity that should have been ours. The good news is that we can set things right if our leaders in Harrisburg choose to embrace a pro-growth, pro-production, pro-jobs agenda—and stick to it.
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BY DAVID N. TAYLOR
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8/24/22
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Obviously, in a discussion of any kind, name-calling offers no argument at all. Logic-free, it is perhaps a good indicator of the weakness in the defense of any supposedly earnest rhetorical stance.
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By JOHN PACE
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5/24/23
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Recreational marijuana is legal in New York State, and there are massive 4/20 events and celebrations planned across the state.
It has become a big business in many states. As these …
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By JODY BOULAY
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4/19/23
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On a cool but sunny December 13, 2022, scientists made the thrilling—if unexpected—announcement that true nuclear fusion, identical to that which produces the sun’s energy, had been …
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By Mark McLaren
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4/19/23
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With Flag Day (June 14) just past, I was reminded of a rather embarrassing incident in my life. In 1968, I was a young sailor on my first ship in the Navy. I was standing the 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. watch, …
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By PETER MCTIERNAN
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6/14/23
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A few years back, I was leading a group hike along the Cranberry Creek in Paradise Township, PA. It was a hot day, and the water looked sparkling clean and cold.
Someone asked whether it was OK …
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By CAROL HILLESTAD for the Brodhead Watershed Association
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1/9/24
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman, as well as Reps. Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) and Summer Lee (D-PA-12), sent a letter to Japan-based Nippon Steel pushing the company for …
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By SENS. BOB CASEY AND JOHN FETTERMAN, et al.
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12/27/23
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After a century of private ownership, a newspaper providing northeastern Pennsylvania a daily window upon the complexity of the world and the many vistas of its equally complex local region has been …
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By CYNTHIA NASH
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9/13/23
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For most of our history, scarcity of basic material goods has been the dominant story of human existence.
After millennia of struggle, at long last, in the middle of the last century, …
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By JOHN PACE
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9/13/23
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Born into a Republican family in Louisiana, a state increasingly painted in shades of red, I grew up amidst conservative dialogues with honest values. My childhood was steeped in Republican …
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By TIMOTHY HOLDINESS
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1/9/24
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By the time you’re reading this column, Christmas and New Year’s Day will have come and gone, and the holiday lull has officially arrived. Gifts will have been opened, food will have been …
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By KARL BRABENEC
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1/9/24
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At its April 11 regular meeting, the Monticello Central School District (MCSD) Board of Education adopted a proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year.
The proposed $97,886,695 spending plan has …
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By COURTNEY BONFANTE
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5/2/23
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I’ve lived in the hamlet of Beaver Brook, Town of Tusten, my entire life. My three siblings and I grew up utilizing the park on the flats. There used to be a youth center there; it was taken …
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By CAROL ROPKE NELSON
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1/24/24
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Just over 100 days since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel, representatives from the Jewish Federations of Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties presented Rep. Pat Ryan (D, NY-18) and his staff …
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By THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF DUTCHESS, ORANGE AND ULSTER COUNTIES
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1/24/24
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Due to PA Gov. Josh Shapiro’s stance on climate change many environmentalists were enthusiastic supporters and promoted his 2022 campaign for PA Governor. Now it appears that they …
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By DOUG MASON
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4/11/24
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