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Bedford Springs delights with charm

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A highly anticipated Christmas display in Pennsylvania that is both delicious and whimsical is when the Omni Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford County transforms one of its main entrances into a culinary delight whose aroma hits your sensory palate long before you walk through the nearly 200-year-old front door. What began as a small decorative house has become a full-scale work of culinary art under executive pastry chef Harshal Naik. Known for his appearance on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship,” he has taken it to the next level over the past five years. Guests and day ...

Stories of hope, service important

Editorials

“I think it’s important to understand people, to love them well. ... You have to truly understand them.” It is always a joy to bring the region stories like Stephanie Shover’s, who was profiled in Tuesday’s edition of the Sun-Gazette, where she shared the aforementioned ...

What other newspapers are saying: Provision would be a fleecing

Editorials

There is bipartisan fury in Congress today over stealth legislation offering million-dollar windfalls to a handful of senators whose office phone records were accessed as part of the federal investigation into the Jan. 6 melee. The idea, quietly slipped into the government reopening measure approved earlier this month, is so patently offensive that even the deeply divided House has voted unanimously to repeal it. The Senate has, predictably enough, dragged its feet on taking up that repeal. Upon returning to Washington on Monday, senators should all feel the wrath of their constituents ...

Skate park’s expansion plans welcome news

Editorials

Lifland Skatepark has been an asset for our community for more than a decade and we believe every resident of the city should celebrate plans for the park’s expansion — even residents who don’t enjoy skating themselves. As we’ve noted in past editorials, Williamsport and Lycoming ...

Residents say no

Letters

AI has its avaricious eye on a tract of land near you. After overcoming multiple threats within just this past decade, the Montour Preserve is again facing uncertainty. Talen Energy, the owner, is asking to rezone 870 acres surrounding the preserve for industrial use. Though plans are still under wraps (through use of non disclosure agreements), many believe Talen wants to construct a sprawling, multi-building data center near land that has served as a nature preserve and a family-friendly community treasure for over 50 years. Residents from small towns across Pennsylvania are ...

Road salt should not be this complicated

Editorials

Pennsylvania residents who watched as the just-concluded 2025-26 state budget-preparation debacle played out might be thinking that the Legislature surely might now be able to find an issue that it can handle more quickly and more efficiently. But, in fact, will it? There’s an issue “out there” involving road salt, but state lawmakers have found a way to make it more difficult than it ought to be. Some state lawmakers — and presumably some non-elected officials — believe that road salt’s use ought to be curbed in order to reduce environmental damage stemming from ...