July 4 community celebrations across America on this, the 250th anniversary of this great country’s founding, sought to project a nation unified, although in reality much skepticism about that supposed condition exists throughout the land. Still, consider this: Regardless of differing ...
The federal government is the largest owner of U.S. real estate, including more than half a billion square feet of office space. That is far more than it needs, and the cost of maintaining it has ballooned to unsustainable levels. The Public Buildings Reform Board recently identified 26 buildings across 15 states — totaling more than 7.3 million square feet — as potential candidates for the government to dispose due to poor usage and high maintenance costs. It’s the third set of disposal recommendations since Congress created the board in 2016. That’s a great start, but the ...
The stand-off between Muncy Township’s government and the township’s volunteer fire company was, in a word, disappointing. While we are happy that the matter seems to have been resolved before it had to go before a judge, we question why the delays happened in the first place. We have to ...
The Fourth of July — our nation’s 250th — is a day away. As we have noted over the past two editorials, we are proud to celebrate our nation’s achievements with a special edition today. We hope you enjoy it. Within that edition are several noteworthy speeches. “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live,” President Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1862. “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we ...
As we noted in Wednesday’s edition, our nation’s 250th anniversary is two days away — and we are proud to share a special edition with our region to celebrate the occasion. We addressed how writing and editing this edition prompted us to reflect on the value of hard work to our nation ...
Our 250th Independence Day will soon be here. The Williamsport Sun-Gazette is honored to commemorate this occasion with a special edition, reflecting on the history of our communities and of our nation. As we wrote and edited the special edition, which will be included in Friday’s edition, we ourselves reflected on our history. One note or detail of our region’s history that stuck with us in the role work and industry have played in the successes of our communities. From agriculture to the logging industry, our region was built by men and women working hard — primarily to ...
