Pennsylvania’s judicial-retention balloting last year was an eye-opener, but not because of which candidates’ retention bids were successful. Rather, what was remarkable — and troubling to many people of this commonwealth — was the total amount in cash and the value of other support ...

Finding affordable housing in Frederick County and indeed all of Maryland can be difficult and frustrating, and political leaders have identified it as a major problem. The solution, as any economist will tell you, is to build more homes. The affordability issue is caused by a shortage of ...

About 12 million vehicles were recalled from 2015-24 for safety defects that could result in air bags not deploying. The recalls were well-publicized. In fact, many vehicle owners, upon learning about a recall, were unhappy about the fact that a trip to the service department outside of ...

Our nation observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday and our communities have spent the past week observing the importance of the civil rights movement to our nation’s history and identity. We are thankful for the volunteers and organizers who made the variety of events and ...

We believe that even those in our communities fortunate to not need to worry about homelessness should be deeply grateful for the work of Code Blue. Volunteers each winter staff an overnight warming shelter at First Church, on the corner of Packer and Market streets. “From a perspective ...

In March 2025, our sister newspaper the Times-Observer, in Warren County, reported that Warren General Hospital was happy to open its doors to nearby expecting mothers affected by the closure of UPMC Cole’s labor and delivery unit. At the time, the Times-Observer editorialized — in our ...