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 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:13:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_323091608.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_323091608.html We urge state police in Indiana County to work with urgency to determine who burned a cross outside a home in West Wheatfield Township, and to arrest all parties involved. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_323091154.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_323091154.html Thanks to Neil Smith and SMG management for stepping up to save our Johnstown Chiefs this year. I expected some challenges along the way because of the changes that were made, but my faith took a hit on Nov. 13. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_323090354.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_323090354.html In early 2009, the American economy needed a jolt, and it needed it fast. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_322082812.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_322082812.html What a weekend for the Northern Cambria girls volleyball team and the Lady Colts’ great fans. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:22:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_322082514.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_322082514.html I took two of my grandsons to the Mount Davis lookout area in Somerset County recently. I was dismayed to find that the sign designating the turnoff had been blasted to an almost unreadable condition by shotgun pellets. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321134858.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321134858.html Santa Claus is coming to town, but – and we mean no disrespect to the jolly old man – so are a lot of other people, and that’s what we’re truly excited about. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321134206.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321134206.html On Oct. 7, my life changed forever. A simple errand led to a series of events that altered the path I was to follow. I call it divine intervention. The nonbelievers will call it coincidence. Call it what you like. Just know that life for me will never be the same. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321133812.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321133812.html Transportation strikes are not new to Philadelphia. SEPTA workers have gone on strike nine times since 1975. The latest example, which ended Nov. 10, was anything but a fight for the working class. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321133535.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_321133535.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_320133611.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_320133611.html As charges levied Thursday in Harrisburg show, political corruption knows no party limits. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_320132853.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_320132853.html On Nov. 11, Veterans Day, my wife and I attended the parade and ceremonies in Johnstown. Having served in the Marine Corps many years ago, I was proudly wearing a shirt sporting the Marine Corps name. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_320132403.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_320132403.html Once, when asked why he was so good, hockey icon Wayne Gretzky replied: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”The world is skating toward multiple clean sources of energy in a carbon-free future. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_317142747.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_317142747.html A letter written June 22, 1945, by Roland Glenn from the battlefields of Okinawa, Japan, illustrates the emotional struggles many soldiers experience during combat – and after. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_317145306.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_317145306.html Even before the decision was announced last week, veteran attorneys within Cambria County’s law community, as well as other longtime courthouse observers, were predicting – correctly as it turned out – the choice for the county’s new district attorney.