The State Education Department just announced that it plans to make the value of a New York high school diploma worthless. New York parents should be up in arms. Gone will be the need for students to pass five state Regents exams to earn a diploma. Instead, all students will have to show ...
The rush of excitement, of course, was palpable. The fun the youngsters had racing their Soap Box Derby cars down Market Street Hill was clear to all. But the volunteers who spoke with the Sun-Gazette were right: The most important part of the Soap Box Derby is the lessons about sportsmanship ...
In a distant corner of Pittsburgh’s sprawling Allegheny Cemetery, you have to march up a steep hillside to find the grave of Josh Gibson. It’s a flat stone, set in the ground, and has Gibson’s game engraved on it, his dates of birth and death and the words “Legendary Baseball ...
Sen. Joe Manchin announced recently that he has left the Democratic Party, switching his affiliation to independent, to very little public reaction or fanfare. Perhaps it’s because rumors of the centrist Manchin going independent date back at least two years or so, even before fellow ...
Pennsylvania’s lawmakers are considering a $20-an-hour minimum wage. We believe proponents of the increase are correct that an increase to the now-$7.25 minimum in Pennslvania is overdue. But, as we’ve editorialized when a $15-an-hour minimum wage was proposed in past years, our state ...
We are excited — and suspect that many of our readers are excited as well — about the return of the Williamsport Crosscutters. Williamsport, the birthplace of Little League Baseball, and South Williamsport, the home of the Little League World Series, hold special places in the history of ...