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Opinion

No reason to risk measles

Editorials

If you’re of a certain age — about 70 and beyond — it’s entirely fine to be nostalgic about some things from your childhood, like hula hoops, Davy Cockett coonskin caps, Elvis or “Gunsmoke.” One thing you shouldn’t be nostalgic about, though, is the measles. Before a vaccine ...

Years too late

Letters

I read the article and headline on March 6 — “Time to break up gangs.” Why start now? It should’ve been started 20 to 25 years ago when they first came to Williamsport. I remember when Williamsport was a beautiful city, when you could come and go, day and night, and not have to worry ...

Coyotes and bears

Letters

I agree with retired state representative Mike Hanna about the hunting of coyotes in Pennsylvania. It has been said for years that the state Game Commission imported them from out West into Pennsylvania to reduce the native deer population. If that is true, why would the game commission’s ...

Another week of our commitment to transparency

Editorials

Pennsylvania is wrapping up another Sunshine Week, and we doubt we could express it better than Christopher Baxter, Christopher Baxter is the CEO and president of Spotlight PA, a Harrisburg-based independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom. It is “a nationwide effort each year to call ...

What ‘from the river to the sea’ means

Other Commentaries

Throughout the United States today, we hear and see college students, and others, chanting: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” What are they saying? What do they mean? The handlers of these naïve students and their supporters are attempting to create a caliphate in the ...

What happens when Social Security runs out of money?

Other Commentaries

The standard line about Social Security leads voters to believe that even if Congress does nothing, the system will continue to pay scheduled benefits for nearly another decade. That is roughly the life expectancy of someone turning 80 years old today. For those of us who are 79 years old and ...