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Editorials

Veterans Day offers chance to reflect

As people of this country are well aware, loyalty to the best interests of the United States and the Constitution, which is the foundation of it, were virtually constant topics that permeated the just-completed presidential campaign. Even with the election now past, fears persist regarding ...

Resolutions for healthy life always in style

Although New Year’s still is more than seven weeks away, there are people who already are pondering resolutions for 2025 — for their own personal satisfaction, perhaps to impress a spouse or other significant other, or just for humor’s sake. A funny thing about New Year’s resolutions: ...

County has much budget work to do

This is the time of the year when county units of government have their taxpayers cringing about prospects for a significantly higher tax bill to help finance the next fiscal calendar — this time, 2025’s. It is reasonable to suggest that some Blair County taxpayers might have done a ...

Pa. voters have a big decision

Voters here in Pennsylvania have a significant decision to make today at the ballot box. Don’t let your voice go unheard as the Keystone State has become the center of the 2024 presidential election. Consider: both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were in Pittsburgh Monday evening for rallies, ...

Saving pets truly a cause worth ‘sharing’

Back in 2005, when the Mirror launched the first Season of Sharing campaign to aid a worthy cause within the local area, the fund-raising effort was but a positive experiment to determine how this area would react to such a well-intentioned undertaking amid the hustle and bustle of the ...

HASD must be financially prepared

The main question hovering now over the Hollidaysburg Area School District is how district taxpayers are going to react to the proposed $130 million building consolidation plan that, once it gets underway, is to involve four steps covering a total of 12 years. Details of the project as ...