State Route 220 between the Lycoming Mall exit and Hughesville was improved a few years ago. The berms were widened, safety rumble strips were added and the guide rails were substantially upgraded. With increases in truck traffic due to the gas industry and a general overall increase in traffic ...

In today’s society there are many drivers not thinking of others. They operate their vehicles at dawn, in the rain and fog and at dusk without turning on their headlights. In the winter there are snowstorms in the summer there is foliage and on the trees that shade the roadways. It was ...

The Sun-Gazette’s editorial enthusiasm over the jet planes at the Williamsport/Lycoming County Airport is misplaced. We had jet service years ago and more than just to one location. The reason the other airports are used is because of the price. My son never uses our airport because of ...

Resource Management Services recycling coordinator, Lauren Strassuer, in the Dec. 6 Sun-Gazette, states that drop off centers, need help to do their job! People are contaminating the glass with plastic bags, cardboard, pyrex, ceramic, drinking glasses and other material. The County needs ...

We can remove flags and monuments and statues all day, but until we figure out how to remove hate in peoples’ hearts, nothing is going to change. Charles Ardell South Williamsport

We see on TV news and newspaper accounts that the “middle class” will receive a wonderful tax break. The standard tax deduction will be increased from $12,000 to $14,000. Are middle class tax payers aware that both the US House and Senate Bills repeal the individual personal exemption, ...

Do you want your Internet to be priced like your cable subscription? If not, you want Net Neutrality. One of the organizers of Hamburg, Germany 's successful campaign to return control of their power grid to the city in 2013 said, "For the public, it's self-evident that goods on which ...

A recent letter suggests that Democrats like myself should read Guy Smith's Gun Facts, version 7.0. The letter gave highlights of quotes made by Democrats from the 1960s, namely President Kennedy, Walter Mondale and VP Hubert Humphrey. The Kennedy quote is a mashup of two different quotes ...

In your Nov. 4 editorial, you strongly implied the former Secretary of State came close to treason by selling American uranium to Russia in exchange for $145 million. The actual facts: No uranium has ever left the United States as a result of a stock sale. The sale of stock in an ...

Under the Republicans’ Tax Bill moving in the Senate, it leaves a lot to be desired. Ask the question as to who does well and who doesn’t? The answer is the ultra wealthy win in this Senate Tax Bill and the rest of us will face hikes. An estimated 13 million Americans could lose health ...

What have we got against North Korea? All of Korea was occupied by Japan from 1910 to 1945. After Japan's defeat in World War II, Korea was divided into a communist North and a capitalist South. In 1950, President Harry Truman decided the U.S. needed to become involved in what was neither ...

Secular logic is contradictory. Since secularists believe humans originated by accident from non-living matter, humans are insignificant. On the other hand, the majority of secularists believe humans are able to influence the earth's climate so humans must be very significant. Since extreme ...

In their determination to cut corporate taxes, Republicans in Congress are setting in motion actions that will increase the cost of healthcare for many Americans but especially seniors. The increase in the Federal budget deficit that the Congressional Budget Office estimates will result from ...

In the letter "Wrong Emphasis," the writer tries to explain the difference between a gun and truck. It's not the truck that is the problem when someone's license to drive is revoked; it's alcohol! If the driver in question had refrained from imbibing to excess, no crime would have been ...

The article about the fracking ban in the Delaware Watershed fails to tell the whole story. Yes, there is a ban in order to "protect" drinking water….but not to protect the water from pollution. The ban is in place to protect New York City from an EPA mandate to filter its drinking ...

I read widely and note with growing and uncomprehending alarm the fact that our representative are in their own world. They all have more resources than we have as average citizens. None of us can afford our healthcare or medicine. Our children can't afford college. College graduates live ...

Gerrymandering is now before the Supreme Court. An insidious political strategy, gerrymandering carves up of legislative districts into sometimes bizarre configurations in order to benefit a political party. Gerrymandering creates unfair advantages to incumbents, limits the choices that voters ...

Regarding Mr. Cross’s recent letter, would he prefer crooked Hillary Clinton? Only a flake would not admit that President Trump has done more for the country than President Obama did in eight years. Why not question the chaos that Obama caused in eight years? Same with all the “know it ...

Mr. Bergdahl was charged as a Taliban captive. He was not a captive; he was a deserter. If his trial had a real judge (one that is educated) he would have been executed or left in prison. Mr. Bergdahl and the judge are a disgrace to all military people, of which I am one. People were injured ...

Democratic Liberals, why aren’t they talking about this country’s mental health? Democrats go along with closing mental facilities. Dems and some Republicans are always quick to pounce on all the problems and never have a group of real problems. Why didn’t AT Fand E make bump stocks ...