Williamsport’s Youth Council is planning its inaugural meeting in two days. As the Sun-Gazette reported in Thursday’s edition, the council will help young people in Williamsport practice civic engagement and interact with city leadership about the needs of the city’s youth. “This ...
We are grateful for the efforts of Angel Families Unite — both to organize the annual National Day of Remembrance Ceremony in Brandon Park recently and the group’s efforts throughout the year to support grieving families as they cope with the loss of family members to homicide. “Angel ...
America’s adversaries, especially those with nuclear weapons, sometimes seem to be treated more kindly by President Donald Trump than the country’s oldest friends. Such U.S. unreliability risks encouraging nuclear proliferation by pushing countries to look out for themselves. Last week underscored the dynamic: Trump rolled out the red carpet in Washington for Chinese President Xi Jinping while continuing to hold in abeyance a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G-20 summit in ...
There are a lot of issues and policies that simply do not capture the public’s imagination or interest. They often remain important issues with potentially consequential impact on our nation’s future. One such recent issue could have a profound impact on the very security of our ...
We urge every eligible voter in Lycoming County to vote. As the state’s voting and election information website reminds us, the deadline to register to vote in this November’s election is Monday, Oct. 19 — roughly three weeks from now. As we have expressed in the past, we remain ...
As wariness (and outright anger) over the use of Flock cameras in our communities increases, Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson is right to be joining organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio in seeking greater regulation of the surveillance devices. Investigations, including those by news organizations such as the Ohio Capital Journal, have turned up multiple instances of misusing the data. Further, the Capital Journal’s public records search of Shaker Heights’ license plate reader data over approximately four months showed the data was accessed more than ...
