Williamsport Area School District’s expansion of the welding lab, reported in the Tuesday edition of the Sun-Gazette, is truly great news for our communities. The expansion will allow an even greater number of students to learn this practical skill, and the newer technologies will allow ...
We share the concerns of state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, regarding Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to pull money from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to fill the gaps in his own spending plan. As Hamm noted in an article in the Feb. 14 edition of the Sun-Gazette, the state does not have the ...
European allies knew their relationship with the second Trump Administration would be challenging. Even so, the shocks they’ve received from Washington in recent days constitute a crisis. The warning, more or less: Shape up or the Americans are shipping out. Start with the Ukraine war. This is the largest military conflict on European soil since 1945, and the Continent’s leaders recognize the stakes for their security. But Mr. Trump’s message is that the U.S. doesn’t care what Europeans think about how the war should be resolved. Mr. Trump spoke on the phone to Russian ...
The $22 million settlement resolving all of East Palestine, Ohio’s, claims against Norfolk Southern Railroad represents a significant step toward finally putting the disastrous February 2023 derailment there to rest. But unfortunately for the railroad, whose service territory includes ...
Election 2025 is underway. The time period for potential candidates to collect petition signatures has begun. We hope the process goes well and affords voters in our region real, distinct choices for our local offices. We have editorialized before that these local offices are almost ...
Seventy-five years ago, New York held nearly 50 seats in the House of Representatives — 45 to be exact. It has 26 today. It’s not news that rural New York has been losing population, with its rural communities being hit particularly hard. That’s a story throughout the Rust Belt. The real issue is that what has been a regional problem is soon going to be a national problem. According to a report released this week by the Congressional Budget Office, deaths will outstrip births across the country by 2033, seven years earlier than previous projections. The country’s population ...
