Cheers: Cheers to Belle Vernon junior Jack Edwards for claiming victory at the Fayette County Coaches Association Golf Invitational on Sept. 20 at Duck Hollow Golf Club. Edwards shot a 1-under par 69 to finish one stroke ahead of Geibel CatholicÎÞëÊÓƵ™s Mike Miller and FrazierÎÞëÊÓƵ™s Dylan Keilbach, ...
Cheers: The sale of the Beth Israel synagogue in Washington to the national veterans organization AMVETS is certainly an occasion for mixed emotions. On the one hand, there is undeniable melancholy that Beth IsraelÎÞëÊÓƵ™s congregation has dwindled the way it has. David Posner, a longtime member, ...
Cheers & Jeers
Jeers: The school shooting at a high school in Barrow County, Ga., last week was not the worst of the school shootings that has happened with disturbing regularity since the killings at Columbine High School in Colorado 25 years ago. Sadly, in a society awash with guns, ...
Cheers & Jeers
Cheers: There are a lot of tough, thankless jobs out there, and one of them has to be being a flagger. Those are the folks who stand on either end of the work zones on streets and roads. Most drivers arenÎÞëÊÓƵ™t happy to see them, they have to be on their feet for long ...
Cheers & Jeers
Cheers: ItÎÞëÊÓƵ™s been almost 15 years since U.S. Rep. John Murtha died unexpectedly. In the final years of his life, the Johnstown Democrat was mostly known nationally as a critic of the United StatesÎÞëÊÓƵ™ invasion of Iraq, but for the 35 years he served in the House of ...
Cheers: The cooler weather this week has certainly hinted that fall is around the corner, and another is the school buses that are snaking their way around on streets and roads in the mornings and afternoons. The resumption of school in many districts around the region this week means that ...