We're too divided as a nation, it wasn't always like this
-GAINS & GLEANINGS- By J. Hogan I’m often sad at the division in our country. It’s so bad that I sort of think we should find a peaceful...
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- Jun 8
- 3 min
The remedy for gun violence cannot be more guns
-EDITORIAL- The Editorial Board The senseless murder of 19 children and two adults at a school in Uvalde, Texas is a national tragedy and...
Gazette 2.0
- Jun 8
- 2 min
The truth shall set you free, so embrace the freedoms we all have
-GAINS & GLEANINGS- By J. Hogan Juneteenth is a holiday some don’t grasp the meaning of, others don’t care for, and many celebrate. When...
Gazette 2.0
- May 26
- 3 min
Where there’s no vision, the people perish
-GAINS & GLEANINGS- By James Hogan Where there is no vision, the Bible says, the people perish. I thought of this verse last year when I...
Gazette 2.0
- May 11
- 2 min
Voting: Something to unite us all?
-EDITORIAL- The Editorial Board Casting an election vote has recently taken on all the gravity of enlisting to fight in a war for...
Gazette 2.0
- May 11
- 3 min
Make sure you know and have your calling card
-GAINS & GLEANINGS- By J. Hogan Many of you, if you’re in your twenties or older, remember Billy Mays. Billy, for those who don’t know,...
Gazette 2.0
- Apr 28
- 2 min
CRAPSHOOT CONTINUES: ALCOSAN should come clean on 'Clean Water Plan'
-EDITORIAL- The Editorial Board Eighteen months after buying the former Crivelli car dealership in McKees Rocks, ALCOSAN still refuses to...
Gazette 2.0
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Tough times need real friends
-GAINS & GLEANINGS- By J. Hogan There are lots of people hurting today. War in Ukraine, inflation through the roof, troubles stacking up...
Gazette 2.0
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Taxpayers deserve to know why McDermott dropped
-LETTER- Dear Editor, Robin Parrilla is quoted in the Gazette 2.0’s Jan. 27 edition saying the reason he took Cheryl McDermott off the...
Gazette 2.0
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Nothing from nothing: You gotta have something if you wanna merge with me
Photo by Nancy Zionts/Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle The Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed during the early hours of Jan. 28, injuring 10 people....
Gazette 2.0
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Avoid the long, hard road by setting small goals
-CAUGHT IN THE WEEDS- By Matt Weed New year, new you? How many of you have already broken your New Year’s resolution? Be honest now!...
Gazette 2.0
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Aim your sights high, not low in the new year
-GAINS & GLEANINGS - By James Hogan I was recently in Detroit visiting my wife’s family and my brother-in-law, Eric, came up from...
Gazette 2.0
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Staying in our caves keeps us fixed on our shadows
-GAINS & GLEANINGS- By J. Hogan Nearly 2,500 years ago, Plato devised his great lament about the philosopher’s frustrating plight of...
Gazette 2.0
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
What’s the rush to get back to the office?
I began working from home two weeks before the first lockdown began in March of 2020. March of next year will mark two full years working...
Gazette 2.0
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Local news can still make an impact on our communities
It was a typically busy day, running about with two of the guys working for the church from one task to another. In our busy-ness, we...
Gazette 2.0
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Health of small businesses one of the hardest hit during pandemic
I first moved to Crafton in March of 2020 and had already found my way around town and to the busway for my morning commute downtown. I...
Gazette 2.0
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
To overcome our divisions, we must start with ourselves
-EDITORIAL- By Editorial Board In a statement delivered during a recent school board meeting, the president of the Sto-Rox teacher’s...
Gazette 2.0
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
This isn’t the season or reason to go along to get along
The world’s gone nuts,” a seasoned teacher said to me recently. “I’m punching the clock for a few more months until I retire, just trying...
Gazette 2.0
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
The praise doesn’t belong to me, but to everyone who pitched in
In the 1980s, I was in the Army. My job was to manage a motor pool. My friends will tell you that to this day I can barely change a tire....
Gazette 2.0
- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
Never forget the lessons that were learned that day
-HARRISBURG UPDATES- By Rep. Anita Kulik As I write this article, we are coming off of a summer recess, when the legislature is not in...