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Beware what you share on social media

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By Richie Servello As the new school year begins, excitement fills the air for parents and caregivers, while kids may feel a mix of emotions. The Center for Child Justice, Blair County’s Children’s Advocacy Center, wants to remind everyone to exercise caution when sharing details about children on social media, especially on the first day of school. While the first day of school is a milestone worth celebrating, it’s important to prioritize safety in your social media posts. Those adorable chalkboards featuring your child’s name, age, teacher, and favorite things can ...

Orchard Park has always been a park

Letters to the Editor

I read about the city’s response to the Orchard Park Lawsuit and thought “who are they trying to kid?” I’m 61 years old. I grew up one block — and my mother grew up a half block — from the park. It was always called Orchard Park. My friends and I played baseball in the lower and upper part of the park. We played basketball there, where the court was dirt and rocks. We also played football. The park at one time had swing sets in both the upper and lower part. It had a sliding board and a fireman’s pole to slide down. It also had pull-up bars. At one time it had a ...

Kennedy’s policies may cost lives

Editorials

The single most important achievement of President Donald Trump’s first term was the lightning-fast development of COVID vaccines by the end of 2020. By some estimates, those vaccines developed under Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” saved between 14 million and 19 million lives worldwide in their first year of use alone. While it’s true that the irresponsible mixed messaging Trump himself sent to his supporters (then and now) regarding the efficacy of the vaccines and of mainstream medicine generally has likely cost lives, the mortality score undoubtedly still lands in his ...

Stop the insanity led by the left

Letters to the Editor

Illegal immigration continues to take center stage in our national debate. What is difficult to comprehend is how individuals — many of them well-educated and experienced in law — fail to grasp the clear principles laid out in the 14th Amendment. The language of this amendment makes it plain: rights and protections extend to Americans and those who owe allegiance to the United States. Illegal immigrants, by definition, do not owe allegiance to the nation they enter unlawfully. Compounding this problem is the reality that, once in the United States, many illegal immigrants ...

Logan Valley Mall’s demise blamed on many factors

Editorials

The front-page article “A shadow of itself” in the Mirror’s Aug. 16-17 edition “painted” a sad, unwanted picture of a local retail giant — the Logan Valley Mall — now experiencing a deeply troubled existence and a pessimistic future. The situation is not unlike the “road” that other locally familiar malls — current and former — have traveled, or the bumpy “highway” on which some currently are struggling and, in the end, could be facing doom. Remember the bustling years of Logan Valley and the mecca status it enjoyed? It was exciting to shop there all year ...

Trump appears close to being a dictator

Letters to the Editor

I am so tired of hearing the phrase Fake News. It seems kind of funny that you only hear it from Republicans, and no, I am not a Democrat. I truly believe that Trump loyalists are actually good, decent people who are brainwashed to the point that they can’t do or say anything unless their leader says it’s all right. If anyone says something derogatory about him, he jumps in and claims fake news. The only fake news is the lies coming out of his mouth. Is he that unsure of his capabilities, or is he that thin-skinned that he can’t take criticism? He is nothing more than a ...