Of the actions and initiatives that our city’s staff undertakes, none are more important than efforts to protect public safety. We appreciate that Stephen Yonkin, the fire inspector for the city of Williamsport, recently shared with the community an overview of rules and provisions our ...
Last week, at least one expert was disappointed by Ohio’s performance in the National Assessment of Educational Progress report card. Aaron Churchill, Ohio research director for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, called the report — based on exams given biennially to fourth- and eighth-graders in math and reading — “disappointing.” “Mirroring national trends, Ohio’s reading scores continue to be on an alarming slide,” he said. “Results from math are more positive — Ohio’s proficiency rating ticked upward in both grades — yet still remain well below pre-pandemic ...
Our editorial board’s position likely will not come as a surprise. A state budget proposal that, for the first time in history, spends more than $50 billion is irresponsible. As the Associated Press notes, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposal increases spending over the previous year — a ...
We found our examination of how homelessness effects our region, published in the Feb. 1-2 edition of the Sun-Gazette, illuminating. First, we appreciate all of the hard, important work that the American Rescue Workers and other organizations and agencies do to provide shelter to the ...
There is one more professional football game to be played in the 2024-2025 season. There are few Americans who have not heard of this particular contest called the Super Bowl. The sporting event that will take place Sunday evening has essentially no equal. Sure, there are the Olympics, the World Series, the Stanley Cup finals and the NBA championships. The excitement of those events are all spread over a number of days. Sunday’s Super Bowl, however, will pack all the excitement into a few intense hours. The upcoming clash of the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC ...
Imagine what people in communities across Pennsylvania are thinking as Penn State fuels speculation that some of its branch campuses might be targeted for possible closing — in large part by remaining tight-lipped about which campuses could be in danger of being shuttered. We suspect ...
