Lifland Skatepark has been an asset for our community for more than a decade and we believe every resident of the city should celebrate plans for the park’s expansion — even residents who don’t enjoy skating themselves. As we’ve noted in past editorials, Williamsport and Lycoming ...
Pennsylvania residents who watched as the just-concluded 2025-26 state budget-preparation debacle played out might be thinking that the Legislature surely might now be able to find an issue that it can handle more quickly and more efficiently. But, in fact, will it? There’s an issue “out there” involving road salt, but state lawmakers have found a way to make it more difficult than it ought to be. Some state lawmakers — and presumably some non-elected officials — believe that road salt’s use ought to be curbed in order to reduce environmental damage stemming from ...
Maybe the United Nations isn’t as useless as it so often shows. A little over a week ago the Security Council endorsed President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, ratifying for the first time the requirements that Hamas disarm and Gaza be demilitarized. The resolution passed 13–0, with Russia and China abstaining. It’s a setback for the terrorists. Many had worried that the U.S. jaunt to the Security Council would come at the price of bending the peace plan’s terms for Hamas or adding anti-Israel terms. Would France’s Emmanuel Macron elbow his way into the deal’s ...
This past weekend brought Small Business Saturday and the start of 2025’s holiday shopping season. We understand the impulse to decry the consumerism of the season — to search for something more authentic or more meaningful. And we believe there certainly should be days and moments ahead ...
President Abraham Lincoln, 163 years ago and during a time of unimaginable division, proclaimed Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. His original proclamation explained the necessity of gratitude for our national character, at a time when Americans had great reason to forget the virtue’s ...
We have concerns about the 2026 budget proposed for the City of Williamsport. Of course, we are concerned about any tax increase. Increasing the millage rate will make the city less appealing to new businesses and new families and will place a greater strain on the hard-working families and ...
