Winter weather has arrived once again, and with it the usual dangers that accompany cold temperatures and frozen precipitation on our roads. One would think…
Posts published in “Editorials”
For many years people have dreamed of turning the Morgantown area into a popular destination for visitors. The community on the southern tip of Berks…
It’s not just a Christian concept. It’s not just what Jesus embodied and preached. It’s the heart of our humanity: Christian or Jew, Muslim or…
December is not exactly peak fireworks season, even if one accounts for New Year’s festivities. But it’s a good time to revisit the state’s law…
It’s hard to imagine a better location to pay tribute to teamwork than in a baseball stadium, a place where success is impossible without people…
In these divisive times, there is one area where people of all political persuasions should agree: People exiting the criminal justice system need opportunities to…
It seems there are some things you can always count on. One of them is that when there’s a so-called off-year election in these parts,…
Anyone who ventures outside their house for even a short period of time should be aware that there’s an election coming up. The signs are…
Dangers of assisting stranded motorists on roadsides have resulted in a number of tragic deaths recently. Most notably, in Montgomery County, a New Jersey woman…
Berks County certainly has its share of famous names who resided here, from Daniel Boone to Taylor Swift. It’s a long and impressive list. Last…
No amount of time will fill the empty places in the hearts of Delaware County residents Rich and Roseann DeRosa, whose daughter Deana Eckman was…
One of the many lessons learned from living with the COVID-19 pandemic the past 18 months is the reminder that hunger can happen to anyone.…
As schools throughout the region reopen, the gaps in education funding in Pennsylvania are being seen clearly in the pandemic’s effect on learning in low-income…
America has made it through 20 years of life under the shadow of the devastating terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Today we mark that…
A year ago at this time we remarked on how the COVID-19 pandemic had led so many of us to have even more respect for…
It’s been a hard summer. A season that started out with such promise as COVID-19 restrictions fell away wound up being filled with troubling developments.…