'Cameron County has no will to fight'
      Stanley N. Alpert is a former federal prosecutor who now heads the New York-based Alpert Firm, specializing in environmental and toxic tort cases for harm caused by pollution. Last summer my assistant and I traveled to Emporium and met with some very fine people who were concerned abo...
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Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
By Howard 'Mac' McDonald
      This weekend, just a sliver of the moon appears in the eastern sky. The new moon will progress through its phases and be full again on April 2. The moon has been the topic of several love songs. When Kate Smith sang, "When the Moon Comes Over The Mountain," we could picture that big silver disk to...
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Publisher's Point Of View
Robert Allan Hooftallen
      A day I can still recall was occupying my mind Wednesday morning during the weekday routine of venturing from the prairie of my home's shrinking safety into the growing social wilderness beyond. I reached for the rearview mirror and wrenched it hard left and down and rolled my eyes toward its new ...
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Sidewalk avalanche!
      To the editor: I would like to start this letter by saying that I am almost always appreciative of the service by PennDOT and the Emporum Borough crew. They work long hours to remove the snow during the storms. However, on March 13, they must have been in a bit of a hurry.
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