State Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport, recently brought a development to the public’s attention: The passage of legislation to use chips to encrypt the debit-style cards used by Pennsylvania’s public assistance programs. Flick notes the upgrade will make theft and fraud committed ...
Smoke gets in your eyes. And your hair. And your clothes. And your lungs. This week, Pennsylvania was placed under statewide Code Red and then Code Purple (“very unhealthy”) air-quality alerts as smoke from enormous wildfires in Canada and Minnesota drifted south and settled over a wide swath of the eastern United States. It is a sign of things to come. Oil companies used to tell us that burning fossil fuels had little impact on warming the planet – just as cigarette companies once told us that smoking was not bad for our health. The industry claimed that increasingly extreme ...
Penn State, as reported in Friday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, is increasing tuition for residents by 2.5% and for out-of-state students by 4%. According to Spotlight PA’s article, the university is set to receive $242.1 million from the state — with the possibility of an ...
For you people who think that socialism will be a better life — so what are you living here for? You don’t think America is the best country to live in, there is nothing keeping you here, so why don’t you just pack up and leave? As the old saying goes, you’ll be killing two birds with one stone. You’ll get to live under socialism in another country and we’ll be rid of you. If socialism is so great, then why isn’t there a long line of Americans standing in line to go to China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba and Iran? These socialist, communist and Muslim countries will tell you ...
There’s been smoke outside in the air to end the work week. But there was some real fire indoors at a Tuesday meeting where attendees verbally accosted representatives of a company proposing to build a data center in Oxford Township near EHOVE Career Center. There’s a lot to break down here: 1. We think that, first and foremost, any proposed data center — including this potential build by AVAIO Digital — must first do no harm. That can be direct harm to health — hearing damage caused by data centers’ noise is something people often express worry over — or harm to ...
How many more weeks must pass before our community sees meaningful action from the authorities who are supposed to protect and serve? For weeks, our community has lived in fear because of two dangerous dogs that were widely known to roam freely and attack other animals. More than three dozen cats have reportedly been killed, devastating families, frightening pet owners, and leaving many residents wondering what could happen next. The situation was left to become so serious that one citizen felt compelled to intervene by shooting one of the dogs. Regardless of anyone’s opinion of ...
