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What other newspapers are saying: Agriculture workforce bill a step in right direction

Editorials

A couple weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig met with southwest Minnesota farmers in Marshall for a roundtable discussion on the challenges they presently face to survive in the agriculture business. Craig’s roundtable discussion took place many miles from her congressional district. But she is running against Peggy Flanagan in the DFL primary race for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Tina Smith. So it made sense for Craig to spend some time in southern Minnesota. She deserves some credit for not making the trip all about an election campaign. And her discussion with farmers dived ...

Historical society deserves thanks for service

Editorials

“The spirit of kindness and resiliance remains one of the lasting legacies of this tragedy,” Julie Quick, a member of the General John Burrowes Historical Society of Montoursville recently told the audience of a memorial service. The service, reported on in Monday’s edition, marked the ...

Loyalty over truth

Letters

MAGA believes that loyalty to one man matters more than what is true. It makes facts irrelevant because loyalty is treated as the new truth. It replaces reality with whatever Trump says is true, even when he contradicts himself. It becomes a reflexive defense of the leader rather than a search for what’s accurate. It pushes people to ignore clear, verified facts. It tells them to reject evidence that has been checked repeatedly. It treats repetition as proof, as if saying something again and again makes it real. It leads people to trust feelings instead of facts, even ...

Give us liberty

Letters

“We’re getting a ballpark!” “We’re getting a huge donation!” “We’re getting a DATA CENTER????” Yes, the DAN KLINGERMAN DATA CENTER is being proposed at the site of a peaceful cornfield in Muncy, along the Susquehanna River, nestled among family homes, a senior living community, a daycare center, and historic Native American grounds. Dan Klingerman’s DANKO has laid aside his history of giving to our community and has taken advantage of the turmoil and difficulties of his Lycoming County neighbors to rush in to make a profit. One website states Klingerman’s The ...

Parents should heed this cautionary tale of e-bikes

Editorials

Canonsburg police are to be commended for taking a proactive approach in an effort to avert certain disaster from occurring on borough roadways. In the wake of an accident that could have had tragic consequences, police took to social media to urge parents to educate themselves about electric bikes and motorcycles. The warning came after two children – ages 8 and 12 – were injured when their e-bikes collided with a motorist in a parking lot. “It’s a big problem, not just here in the borough but everywhere,” police Chief Alex Coghill told the Observer-Reporter, Washington ...

Pass the App Store Accountability Act

Letters

To say we cannot trust Big Tech to protect our kids online is an understatement. Parents – me included – are fed up with tech companies’ empty promises and easily bypassed safeguards. Take Google’s Family Link: it claims to give parents control while sending minors step-by-step instructions to disable protections. These systems actively endanger kids, exposing them to harmful content and risky interactions without parental knowledge. We must demand better. It’s encouraging to see lawmakers like Congressman John Joyce (R-PA-13) advancing enforceable child safety solutions ...