I have decided in my post-retirement years that I will be more than satisfied with living a life of meaningful mediocrity. Moreover, l will kick to the curb any thoughts of achieving perfection in any of my pursuits. While I have the time and better resources to seek a more perfect ...
I am a lifelong resident of Lone Pine and have read the Observer-Reporter from front to back pretty much all my life. It’s interesting how much knowledge one can still obtain from a newspaper, especially about local news. Areas that especially interest me in the newspaper are the public ...
This weekend we mark the Labor Day holiday. Its roots go back to Sept. 5, 1882, when Peter J. McGuire loosely organized a march in New York City to honor and call attention to the laborers and unions who were building this country in the Industrial Age. Some 10,000 workers took unpaid leave to ...
Imagine sitting at an outdoor concert, enjoying the evening’s warm summer breeze, your attention fixed on the musical act performing on stage. Your favorite artist starts the second song of his set, and you begin to sing along. Suddenly, out of nowhere, an object is hurled in your direction, ...
Hit: Greene County will have another option in treating addiction later this fall when the Butler-based Gaiser Center anticipates opening a 10-bed withdrawal management facility near Carmichaels. “This is a much-needed service, and this is a service we don't already have under Gaiser’s ...
I winced when I saw the headline "Celebrating Coal" in the Aug. 25 edition. There is nothing to celebrate. We will never hear it from our Washington County state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, but the fact is that coal is an energy source of the past, this notwithstanding efforts by the Trump ...
