We welcome the decision by the state Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that municipalities cannot pass tougher or more restrictive limitations on Pennsylvanians’ Second Amendment rights than state law. The efforts by some communities to sidestep the wisdom of our state Legislature on these ...
We understand if it may seem like we are harping on one message the past couple of weeks. But at this time of year, we wholeheartedly believe it’s an important message. As the Sun-Gazette reported in last Wednesday’s edition, the Central PA Food Bank is seeing the need for their ...
One of our local “churches with a mission” once again provided a valuable service on Thanksgiving Day. The American Rescue Workers prepared a Thanksgiving meal for comunity members without the means of having their own meal or without anywhere else to go. We appreciate that the ...
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, a private two-year college in Boston, offers an 800-hour certificate program in HVAC and refrigeration. President and CEO Aisha Francis said she’d like to break out segments of the program to create continuing education classes for HVAC technicians seeking to improve their skills — for example, offering a class in heat pump installation. But the school, which attracts primarily Black and Latino men interested in the trades, can’t make it work financially. About half the school’s students receive federal Pell grants to help ...
With the passing of Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, the 2024 holiday shopping season has begun. We hope as you attend to finding purchasing Christmas gifts and other seasonal traditions, you will consider taking two steps:, First, when possible, buying from small businesses and locally owned businesses. And second, please be patient and kind with retail staff. Local businesses contribute much to the successes of our communities. They are deeply invested in the revigoration of our downtowns. The sustainability of our communities — their direct creation of jobs, the ability ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s decisions to nominate Chris Wright for secretary of energy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to serve a duel role as secretary of the interior and chairman of a National Energy Council are reassuring. Wright is the CEO of a company with considerable ...
