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Letters

Thank you

As the year comes to an end, Special Olympics Pennsylvania, Susquehanna Valley Region and Team Lycoming wanted to say Thank You One and All for your outstanding support to the athletes of Lycoming County. Whether you served as a coach, was a volunteer, participated in the First Annual Polar ...

The state of the Fourth Estate

In the old days, men had the rack. Now they have the Press. That is an improvement, certainly, but still incorrect and demoralizing. Somebody - was it Burke?- called journalism the fourth estate. That was true at the time, no doubt. But at the present moment, it is the only estate. It ...

Paving a parking lot

I am a frequent user of the Williamsport side of the River Walk. I park in the Hepburn Dam lot. I was pleasantly surprised to see the potholes in the lot were filled in. This was a much needed improvement. My hope is maybe the agencies that maintain our scenic River Walk can find the ...

Hopes and dreams

It is my hope that the governor and legislature will repeal the state sales and flat-rate income taxes and replace them with a graduated-income tax, based on the ability to pay, for individual taxpayers and small and large corporations. The wealthy just aren’t paying their fair share of ...

Affordability is no hoax

Trump constantly repeats blatantly obvious lies knowing that some people will believe anything that’s said often enough; even when it’s not true. This time is different. Everyone knows that affordability is not a “scam” or a “hoax.” Americans get reminded of rising inflation every ...

Our Christmas spirit

We are supposed to be a Christian nation….“Love Thy Neighbor”. Christ told us to care for strangers. (Matthew 25:35 and 3 John 1:5-8) Instead we are torturing our neighbors. There are over 66,000 in detention centers. The vast majority, 73%, have no criminal record. They are ...