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Local home building and sales market; Optimistic prospects
March 16, 2013 One by one, the builders spoke at last week's West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association Home Show. more »»
Is the system broke? Don't tell these education honorees
March 15, 2013 We've all read the stories and the concerns about public education locally, statewide and nationally. more »»
Corbett's second try at Lottery contract will be revealing
March 14, 2013 Facing a Saturday deadline to appeal its rejected Lottery contract in court, Gov. more »»
The voter ID foes continue their obstruction campaign
March 13, 2013 So it has come to this regarding the right to vote. more »»
Region is ready for increased air travel out of local airport
March 12, 2013 Air travel can be a valuable economic engine for an area. The Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville serves that purpose, and officials are hoping to improve its presence in the future. more »»
Dr. Koop used his job to save lives
March 11, 2013 Too often, deeply religious men and women are branded as unqualified for public service roles helping others, solely because of their faith. They are labeled “too extreme” and rejected out of hand. more »»
Tourism questions: Representative can't have it both ways
March 10, 2013 For the second time in a couple weeks, state Rep. Rick Mirabito leveled some haymakers at the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce Visitors Bureau at a recent town hall meeting. more »»
The delicate handling of Down Syndrome people
March 9, 2013 When 26-year-old Robert Saylor refused to leave his theater seat after watching a movie in Frederick, Md., on Jan. 12, sheriff’s deputies were summone. more »»
Raise the Region offers unprecedented opportunity to give
March 8, 2013 If you want to give money to a local charity, the First Community Foundation Partnership is attempting to make it easier than ever next week. more »»
More plans, more jobs promised; Let time be the judge
March 7, 2013 Hotels. Restaurants. Retail outlets. A truck wash facility for the natural gas industry. Those were the plans outlined at a recent Williamsport Area Transportation Study meeting. more »»
This governor and lieutenant governor really are a tandem
March 6, 2013 Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley was in Williamsport recently to rally the Republican Party troops at the annual Lincoln Day dinner. more »»
Find a shield - quickly - against China hacking
March 4, 2013 During the Cold War, the peace was assured by fear of the accepted concept of MAD — mutually assured destruction by nuclear weapons. more »»
County reassessment: Tedious, but overdue and also necessary
March 3, 2013 Paying your fair share of taxes. You've heard this a lot from President Obama in the past five year. more »»
Can Obamacare be repealed before damage?
March 2, 2013 Calls for repeal of “Obamacare,” the president’s national health care takeover, seemed to fade away after President Barack Obama was re-elected last November. more »»
NCAA continues strongarming PSU sex abuse scandal
March 1, 2013 So the NCAA levied a hefty penalty on Penn State University's football program last summer based on the horrible sex abuse scandal perpetrated by former assistant football Coach Jerry Sandusky. more »»
The Lottery rejection: Effective watchdogging or political obstruction?
February 28, 2013 There are a couple ways to view Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s rejection of a long-term contract sought by Gov. Tom Corbett that would let a British firm manage the $3. more »»
Regionalized fire protection thankfully gaining momentum
February 27, 2013 Last year fire companies in Lycoming County responded to 1,400 calls, 126 of them working structure fires. They also responded to 3,600 motor vehicle accidents and 8,500 medical calls in 2012. more »»
Sequester: Time for president to lead rather than politic
February 26, 2013 President Obama suggested a sequester plan to cut military spending a year ago as a means to get over one of the many budget deficit crises of his administration. more »»
Time for Obama to stop blocking Keystone pipeline
February 25, 2013 Perhaps President Barack Obama should worry more about the American people than about radical environmentalists who have bullied him during his first four years, never satisfied with his own... more »»
Poll confirms that most want liquor system privatized
February 24, 2013 The most recent poll released by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Foundation speaks to the heavy support Pennsylvanians have for privatizing their liquor store system. more »» |
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