Muncy Borough Council adapted tougher penalties for codes violations at a recent meeting. As last Monday’s edition of the Sun-Gazette reported, the new policies intend to focus on repeat offenders of maintenance and nuisance ordinances. It isn’t necessarily fair to single Muncy borough ...
We know and share in the pain that fluctuating energy costs and gas prices and a decade of rising prices for groceries and other costs of living have inflicted on our nation and region. A Center Square article in Tuesday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette offered some good news: The ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
Five months after the United Nations reported acts of genocide in Sudan, another human rights catastrophe may be imminent. The Rapid Support Forces, a rebel group that controls parts of the country and has a history of committing atrocities, has gathered outside El Obeid, a strategically important city, and nearly encircled it. About 600,000 people are facing severe shortages of food, water and medicine, and the R.S.F. has already killed some civilians through drone attacks. “The signs from El Obeid are clear and unmistakable: Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in ...
