We are confident that Lycoming County will continue to be well-served by its government after speaking with Lycoming County Sheriff-elect Eric Spiegel and Controller Nicki Gottschall. “What we do as our core mission – the sheriff’s office and public safety – is not going to ...
The freedom and opportunities we have as Americans are not coincidence or happenstance — they are a gift for which we should be grateful, for which we should often reflect upon and for which we should acknowledge the role bravery and sacrifice have fulfilled and will fulfill in securing that ...
You know there’s a problem when scientists in the United States increasingly see European bureaucracy as a safer setting for conducting their cutting-edge research than their home country’s own institutions. The European Research Council, which grants funding for academic work in the European Union, has seen a surge in applications, the Financial Times reported this week. That included nearly triple the number of proposals from Americans compared to the year before. The United States is still the world’s leading scientific research power, but competition is growing more fierce, ...
Over the years, television has provided an accurate perspective of the problem — “affliction” sometimes might be the better descriptive word — of hoarding. We’re referring to people who have, in essence, ruined their lives, homes and also, perhaps, relationships because of having ...
No matter when and/or how Pennsylvania’s budget impasse ends, members of the General Assembly need to exercise an examination of conscience into why they allowed the current fiscal embarrassment to persist for so long — now having passed the three-month mark for a basic budget-preparation ...
No one likes to be yelled at or cursed at, least of all a public official trying to do a hard job under difficult circumstances. That has been happening a lot at Frederick County Board of Education meetings recently. Some members of the public show up simply to spew venom at the officials. It is pretty tough to sit there and take it. The temptation is to prohibit people from cursing or yelling. The urge can be strong — but public officials need to resist it. The Policy Committee of the school board is considering updating its meeting policy to prohibit personal attacks during ...
