Students are heading back to our region’s schools. And with this yearly occasion, we remind the public to discuss traffic safety with youngsters and, for those who also are motorists, to be careful as children will be along our streets and roads on weekday mornings and afternoons. The ...
I write on August 6 as the invertebrate Republican Senators threaten to confirm as the nation’s top attorney the defense lawyer who (1) saw his client convicted by a unanimous jury for more than thirty felony convictions for trying to write off as legitimate business expenses his hush money payments to a porn star, but (2) nevertheless remains too power-hungry and self-interested to leave behind his role as attorney for the most criminal president since Nixon (who ironically resigned on this date fifty years ago in the face of certain conviction on impeachment charges.) Blanche has ...
A recent article in Tuesday’s edition about the classification of the Little Pine State Park dam is connected, we believe, to our state’s budget process. The article notes that the dam, while not deficient in any way, is subject to inspections and regular reports because, were it to ...
The world is sleepwalking into a new nuclear arms race. As arms-control treaties hashed out over decades lapse, countries that formerly rejected possessing nuclear weapons are starting to reconsider. The Doomsday Clock is set at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been to the symbolic hour of the apocalypse. The United States and Russia, which control 86 percent of the world’s nuclear arsenal, are without an arms-limitation treaty for the first time since 1972. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and extended under President ...
Proficiency rates from schools across the state are not the only items the public will have access to at the moment. Earlier this month, the state announced it has launched a tool that makes it easier for parents and community members to view annual vaccination rates at individual schools — not just at the state or county-level like before — boosting transparency and giving families a clearer picture of how well protected their children’s classrooms are. “Knowledge is power, and Pennsylvania parents deserve clear, accessible data about the health of their children’s ...
In our corner of the world there are certain milestones throughout the year — moments when how truly special and valuable our lives and our communities are shine through. We believe the Grand Slam Parade and the Little League World Series it kicks off are such moments. Our region’s ...
