Coming to America, No Trojan Horse Required
- Editorials
- February 20, 2019
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Coming to America, No Trojan Horse Required0
- Editorials
- February 20, 2019
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about immigration and our Country is the welcoming Lady of Freedom, the Statue of Liberty. I imagine my Italian ancestors as they approached Ellis Island, and that brightly glowing torch extending toward heaven welcomed them. The relief and joy they must have felt after
READ MOREAnnie Get Your Gun!0
- Editorials, Outdoors
- February 13, 2019
The family tradition of hunting in Pennsylvania began before Penns Woods had even become a state. In 1683 hunting was permitted as a right of ownership on all land covered by Mr. William Penn’s Charter. The family tradition of an actual “deer season” in the Keystone State did not begin until 1869. At this point
READ MOREMike Is Who He Is – All the Way to Cooperstown1
- Editorials, Sports
- February 6, 2019
Tip of my Loyalsock Lancer cap to cross-creek rival Mike Mussina. His election into the Baseball Hall of Fame is a celebration of a good man doing great things the right way, and being rewarded with baseball immortality. Mike’s priorities have always been in the right order, although sometimes, big city people and sportswriters didn’t
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A Trophy Year0
- Outdoors
- February 6, 2019
What a year it was for our 11th Annual Webb Weekly – Uncle Ron’s Monster Buck Contest. If you remember, we renamed the contest in honor of my Uncle Ron Maietta who left us this past year for the big hunting ground in the sky, and Ron Mingle’s family who are fighting the same battle
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Good Guys Do Finish First0
- Editorials, Local News, Sports
- January 30, 2019
It is amazing what is accomplished in the world of sports from folks that call the West Branch Valley home. It just seems to get better and better with each passing season. I can guarantee you there’s no place in the world there has ever been a head basketball coach record their 1,000th win and
READ MOREA Super Bowl for the Uncompromising1
- Editorials, Politics
- January 23, 2019
One thing you can count on with the Super Bowl is that there will be a winner decided. In the event of a tie after four quarters, they will go to the old NFL format of sudden death to declare the winner — simply play until somebody wins. I think this system should be adopted
READ MOREChecking Out, Checking Facts, and the Check’s Not in the Mail1
- Editorials, Local News
- January 16, 2019
There is so much to talk about in the world we live in today where do I start? I like beginning here at home and working my way out. Many of the issues we face here in the West Branch Valley are the same across our Great Nation. First stop, the local grocery store. I
READ MORECalifornia – A Failed Example of Liberal and Socialistic Policy1
- Editorials
- January 9, 2019
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Newman, California Police Corporal Ronil Singh. The young officer lost his life during a routine traffic stop when an illegal alien with a criminal record opened fire. The K-9 handling Officer leaves behind a young wife, a five-year-old son, and a large supportive family. The
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