Pine Creek Seed Farm, between Jersey Shore and Avis, is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s family-owned small business of the year for Eastern Pennsylvania — clearly an accomplishment. We say the scope of this accomplishment is clear because, as we have noted before, small ...
As Penn State cuts staffing at its 20 Commonwealth campuses and at least two private colleges in our region sink into financial distress, the people who run those institutions point to shrinking enrollment as the culprit. But the dwindling number of students — undergraduate enrollment ...
Projections by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office foresee the burden of school districts’ property taxes growing by 4% to 4.8% from 2025 to 2026, according to reporting by The Center Square in Wednesday’s edition of the Sun-Gazette. While we hope these forecasts are the wake-up call ...
Of course we are proud to see six members of our staff win 14 Keystone Media Awards. But our newsroom is proud of our staff every day. Just as judges for the Pennsylvania News Media Association do when deciding each year’s awards, we compare our newspaper to its contemporaries every day. ...
Most readers by now have experienced the sticker shock when their latest auto and homeowner insurance policies arrive. The Washington solution? Expand political control over insurers, naturally. But that misdiagnosis won’t solve the problem. Auto insurance rates are up 46.2% since January ...
Higher education has taken quite a beating lately. Lawmakers have been going after administrators and faculty at high-profile institutions over Gaza protests and diversity initiatives. Students and parents are getting increasingly impatient with rising costs. Faculty are disgruntled in many ...