A recent letter to the editor in the Sun-Gazette criticized my letter defending PBS and NPR. The writer seems to think my letter was only about a desire that taxpayers fund my entertainment. While it is true that my letter begins with a nostalgic overview of programs my husband and I enjoyed on ...
Parents and communities as a whole often lament the exodus of young people who move away to pursue opportunities that they don’t envision being close to home. Leaving home for college studies or to enter military service are pursuits that don’t usually spawn a mountain of dread. After ...
We appreciate the efforts of the volunteers who brought the Anthony DiSalvo Flags Across America program back for yet another year. The importance of our flag and the principles it symbolizes could perhaps be seen on our front page Monday — not only in our coverage of Flags Across America, ...
May & June bring celebrations for graduates across the country. Here in Lycoming County, high school and college students are planning their futures-but how many of those plans include staying in our area? A quick search on www.Census.gov shows our population continues to decline: · ...
Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate risks allowing local governments to operate in the shadows, leaving taxpayers unaware of decisions affecting their pocketbooks, their communities and their quality of life. State Senate Bill 194, sponsored by Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Fayetteville, would ...
I suppose this bears repeating. Dwight D Eisenhower, five-star general, architect of the Normandy Invasion, once said: “We are the preeminent power on earth. For us to imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak” How far we have come, or gone, in the span ...