http://www.tribune-democrat.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:39:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_279131011.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_279131011.html Send us a letter Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277150726.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277150726.html It is often said that all politics is local, and Wednesday night’s gathering in Somerset represented what campaigns should be all about. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277150310.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277150310.html It occurred to me recently that one of the reasons we love the Steelers so much might be because we play football ourselves every time we drive through downtown Johnstown. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277103639.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277103639.html Laurel: We’ve been saying it all along and now the Commonwealth Court has made it official: Philadelphia cannot enact gun laws tougher than the state law. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277104245.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_277104245.html Each year for the past 16, I have found that the Johnstown Symphony Opera Gala, the orchestra’s largest yearly fund-raiser, was better than any preceding year. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276160053.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276160053.html The uproar over the presence of a convicted sex offender in the town of Armagh illustrates two realities: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276155653.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276155653.html Fall has to be my favorite time of year. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276155333.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276155333.html It was sadly ironic that as we awaited a report on the future of the local arena, a man who helped make the building famous was dying of cancer. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276154846.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276154846.html Last summer I took a sentimental journey back in time to attend my first high school reunion in 50 years. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276154254.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276154254.html The Tribune-Democrat reported that for this election, “about a third of the electorate is expected to vote early this year” – not just traditional absentees, but with polling stations open as early as September in some places, where voters can cast early ballots for any reason they choose. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276104152.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276104152.html It will be well after the Nov. 4 election before a lawsuit aimed at U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown, is resolved. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:36:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276103610.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_276103610.html Since returning to council in January, I have been reviewing city finances. After making numerous requests for information on the sale of the sewage plant, I had to file through the state’s Open Records Law. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:07:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_275130604.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_275130604.html Cambria County’s 911 radio communications system has problems. How serious they are depends on who’s talking. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:39:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_275113932.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_275113932.html It infuriates me that communication problems were labeled as “user errors” by Brian Feist (executive director of Cambria County Department of Emergency Services). Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_274150612.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_274150612.html We imagine a lot of our readers are feeling the same election burnout as we in the newsroom and front offices are.