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Our View | Sacrifices remembered throughout the county
From Pine Grove Mills to Pine Glen, from Millheim to Port Matilda, county residents will be out this weekend paying tribute to those who served their country especially those who died doing so.
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LEONARD PITTS JR.
Leonard Pitts Jr. | A tribute to the TV remote control
We are gathered here today to memorialize a man who revolutionized our lives.
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OPINION
Chip Minemyer | Couple show ‘remembering’ is an action word
Robert and Dolores Nellis moved among the dead, paying their respects through hard work and keeping the memories of their loved ones alive with acts of beautification.
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YOUR LETTERS
Letter to the editor | Healing begins with an apology
The Penn State trustees are wrong to hold off on an apology to the Paterno family.
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OPINION
Lessons learned at an all-girls school
I believe in penny loafers, plaid skirts, navy-blue stockings and white Oxfords. I used to sigh each morning as I threw on the same school uniform every day, wishing I could wear something more comfortable to school. I never had to worry about dressing to impress in a small all-girls Catholic high...
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Louis Lombardi | Law puts you on the hook for parents’ bills
Imagine going to a restaurant and being told that you cannot see the menu before ordering.
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Trudy Rubin | Genuine political discourse in Egypt
On the first day of the first free presidential election in Egyptian history, 10 young men sat in a circle in a rundown cafe in the working-class quarter of Saida Zainab.
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YOUR LETTERS
Letter to the editor | Dignity and equality for all
Everyone deserves the full dignity of social and communal respect and recognition, regardless the of color of their skin, the country of their families’ origins or their sexual preference.
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YOUR LETTERS
Letter to the editor | An apology is past due
In Sunday’s CDT, Executive Editor Chip Minemyer defended the Penn State board of trustees’ decision to wait for Louis Freeh’s investigation to be completed before they would consider apologizing to the Paterno family.
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Our view | Welcome news for the local economy
We’re pleased that the county has found a new home for its office of Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities-Drug and Alcohol.
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Unknown Soldiers | Canine a member of Marine family
Lance Cpl. Stuart Ferreri is just old enough to legally buy a beer in the United States. Yet the Marine, 21, is already on his second deployment to Afghanistan.






