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Editorials

Rights of all help keep government accountable

We are not special. A recent exchange at the Muncy Township supervisors’ meeting had a member of our staff defending the First Amendment and the right of Americans to have independent reporting on the conduct of their government — local, state and municipal. One of the aspects of ...

STEP a blessing for 60 years

For 60 years, one organization has met the needs of struggling families. STEP, or Lycoming-Clinton County Commission for Community Action, provides Head Start to ensure children from low-income households are ready for school, social services for people with disabilities, job placement ...

Motorists — put the phone down

Imagine driving 55 miles per hour with your eyes closed for five seconds – the equivalent of the length of a football field. Sounds terrifying, doesn’t it? Now, imagine reading or sending a text message while behind the wheel. The five seconds spent looking at your cellphone and not ...

What other newspapers are saying: Keep pressure on Iran

President Trump all but declared a recent Friday as V-I Day, for Victory over Iran, but hold off on the parade. “IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN,” he wrote Friday on Truth Social. That’s also what the April 8 U.S. cease-fire was supposed to ...

Working Americans pay their share of taxes

A claim that working Pennsylvanians need to “pay their fair share” all too often bubbles to the surfaces of some of our society’s debates on tax policy. The rhetoric that surrounds perennial pushes to eliminate or significantly reduce property tax burdens in Pennsylvania is one place ...