Eldred Township Volunteer Fire Company recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, as reported in last weekend’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. In many ways, the stories of our communities over generations are the stories of our volunteer fire companies. In many rural villages and ...
Mexican drug cartels have been using drones to survey the U.S.-Mexico border to find the best routes for their illegal operations. But a promising antidrone technology is putting them on notice. Powerful laser beams are bringing them down. This is a positive development in the U.S. fight against cartels and should have applications in other defense and law enforcement strategies. Recently, the U.S. military began using a high-energy laser weapons system that has reportedly led to a 75% decrease in the number of drones probing the southern border near the Rio Grande Valley, military ...
Free speech isn’t easy. It’s a balancing act between opposing positions: what can be said, what should be said, and what the consequences are. It is a tug-of-war Carnegie Mellon University is experiencing in different ways. The school is investigating posts by a professor that are ...
We suspect the same character traits that led Merrill Shaffer to serve his nation in the U.S. Navy led him to volunteer at area hospitals in their Vet-to-Vet program: A sense of community service, a desire to aid others facing difficult times and a strong work ethic. As the Sun-Gazette ...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will change its platforms to better protect teenagers from addictive social media behavior, under a legal settlement the tech company reached with 47 states, including Massachusetts, as well as Washington, D.C., and several US territories on Aug. 26. But those positive steps shouldn’t stop Massachusetts’ Legislature from passing its own bill to protect young people from harmful social media features. Both the House and Senate have passed bills to regulate social media for minors, and a conference committee of lawmakers is ...
We congratulate St. John’s School of the Arts on its 30-year anniversary — and are grateful for the school and all the programs in our region that help introduce youngsters and the public to the value of the arts. The anniversary celebration, held recently, was featured in Thursday’s ...
