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Jeers: The arrival of Thanksgiving on Thursday marked the start of the holiday season, and it also marked an all-too-likely surge in cases of COVID-19 and the flu across the country. While nowhere near as widespread or severe as it was in 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 can still take lives and send ...

LETTER: Disasters keep families away from home during holidays

The holidays are a time to come together ÎÞëÊÓÆµ” not just as family and friends, but also as a community. With data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing that 2024 is our countryÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s second-highest year of billion-dollar disasters ÎÞëÊÓÆµ” such as Hurricanes ...

ThereÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s nothing like a wedding

The great misadventure began before the journey to Springfield, Mass., in a Pittsburgh parking garage. I shoved a blanket into my already-stuffed tote bag, breaking the handle. Both suitcases were brimming over with formal wear ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ to a wedding, we were heading ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ and other necessities and ...

EDITORIAL: As divided and as stressed as we are, we do have much to be thankful for

As divided and as stressed as we are, we do have much to be thankful for ItÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s one of historyÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s greatest ironies that a holiday that weÎÞëÊÓÆµ™ve come to associate with belt-loosening and piling the plate high with victuals was kicked into gear by grim ascetics who didnÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t like Christmas. The ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A severe summertime drought is typically not good news, but it has had one unexpectedly good side effect in this region ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ it has lowered the water level in Yough Lake to such an extent that it has allowed a 206-year-old stone bridge to emerge from the depths. Thousands of visitors ...