Most families in Lycoming County and surrounding communities have an abundance of blessings — blessings that, we fear, we sometimes take for granted. We are blessed by our loved ones and our livelihoods. We are blessed with the warmth and safety of our homes. Some of our neighbors, ...
Did something spook President Donald Trump? Late Friday, he announced that he would roll back tariffs on food, just days after he embraced a much more moderate tone on immigration. The question is whether this is a momentary shift or a real change of heart prompted by sour polling, scary economic indicators and private conversations with alarmed business leaders. Democrats dominated state and local elections this month, and “affordability” instantly became every politician’s favorite word. Yet the president scoffed at voter concerns about rising prices and insisted that America ...
Charities here and elsewhere across the United States might have experienced a mild “mood boost” in June when the Associated Press reported that, after an adjustment for inflation, charitable giving in 2024 was found to have been up by 3.3% over 2023. But just as the busy ...
The Food and Drug Administration shouldn’t be in the news if it’s doing its job right. By that measure the FDA is failing in spectacular fashion. The agency this week is making news for all of the wrong reasons, and the dysfunction could have life and death consequences for patients. The biotech firm UniQure on Monday reported that the FDA had moved the goalposts for approving its Huntington’s disease gene therapy. There are currently no approved drugs that can slow progression of the brutal neuro-degenerative disease, which afflicts about 40,000 Americans. The FDA in April ...
We agree with the warning state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township and state Sen. Tina Pickett, R-Towanda, shared in an op-ed column this past weekend about the effect Pennsylvania’s bureaucratic barriers have on expanding broadband in rural Lycoming County and we urge their fellow ...
Patriotism, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Burley Malbrough told those in attendance at Montoursville’s Veterans Day ceremony, isn’t about slogans or politics but is about gratitude and stewardship. “It is the belief that our nation - with all of its imperfections - is still worth the ...
