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What other newspapers are saying: One vote made the difference

Though the official anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is Aug. 18, West Virginia’s part in approving this monumental and progressive shift played out on March 10, 1920. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex” — guaranteeing a woman’s right to vote — was in limbo after 22 states had signed on, but 36 were needed. Southern states were proving difficult to persuade, and it was time for the Mountain State to stand up as an ...

The arts enrich our lives

We hope the newest addition to the leadership of St. John’s School of the Arts, as reported in Monday’s edition of the Sun-Gazette, assists the program in continuing to meet the needs of Williamsport and surrounding communities. The school is yet another example of our region’s artistic ...

Consequences of late payments haunt borrowers

Many student loan borrowers are receiving unwelcome messages about their higher education indebtedness, and most of the blame, if not all of it, is attributable to them — their shoulders alone. Lack of attention or mere irresponsibility is coming back to haunt them, in a way that, for ...

What other newspapers are saying: Time to close Guantanamo overdue

Since President George W. Bush opened the facility in 2002, at the height of the “ war on terror,” the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba has been associated with torture, isolation, indefinite detention and the denial of basic constitutional protections, including the right to counsel and a fair trial. Most detainees there have been terrorism suspects captured on battlefields in Afghanistan or Iraq, or whisked away on U.S. military aircraft during “extraordinary renditions.” Their treatment violated the Geneva Conventions and U.S. laws. And this was precisely ...

New apartments just a step in what region needs

We are happy to see the progress on the apartment building in the former YMCA building at Fourth and Elmira streets. The building, which long sat vacant, will soon offer 34 apartments, according to a report in Thursday’s Sun-Gazette. As we have editorialized before, our region’s future ...

Support our federal prison workers

The request is simple — and, we believe, worth fulfilling. Andrew Hill, Feliciano Dosman and Keith O’Neal recently visited the Sun-Gazette to discuss their concerns about staffing levels within federal prisons, the toll those deficiencies take on the hard-working corrections officers and their fears about the impact erosion of incentives to attract and retain staff may have on the problem going forward. The request is that the constituents of our federal lawmakers — U.S. Reps. Dan Meuser and Glenn Thompson and U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick — reach out to their ...