As the month of July melts into the sunset, August begins to turn up the heat when it comes to this campaign season. In both Pennsylvania and New York, it appears incumbents are in complete control with the election 95 days away. Across the nation, Gov. Josh Shapiro is seen as a rising star ...
Energy affordability is top of mind across America, but in Northeast Pennsylvania it is especially personal. After living in the region for close to 20 years, I know that when energy costs rise, families feel it in heating bills, electric bills, groceries, travel, and nearly everything else. Pennsylvania has an advantage most states envy: abundant natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. Life would be more expensive today without it. But that advantage only matters if policy allows energy to be produced, moved, and used. In a recent letter to the Pennsylvania Senate Consumer Protection ...
Get out of the mud Dear Editor, Many of us are unaware that officials in Congress, the Supreme Court, and the White House are trying to erase our rights to vote freely, to demonstrate in our communities, and to live our lives as we see fit. These and other freedoms disappear if those above have their way. Our democracy of 250 years may be crushed out of existence; what we can do about it becomes more limited as time passes. Someday, for example, this author could land in prison just for writing this letter. Saving a country from democratic decline is like getting a stuck car out of ...
It was my first Tarp Skunks baseball game of the year – and it was their final game of the season. Timing has not always been my strong suit. Saturday evening the Jamestown Tarp Skunks were playing the Geneva Red Wings at home in Jamestown’s Diethrick Park. The Tarp Skunks are all ...
Across Pennsylvania, rising rates for electricity are creating problems for numerous households. This week, the Altoona Mirror reported, a progressive new campaign, dubbed Building a Brighter PA, brought a call for protections to lower consumer electric bills while generating more power from renewable energy sources. "Electric generation rates have also increased between 18%-52%, depending on where you live in the state," said Elizabeth Marx, executive director of the Public Utility Law Project. "The combined impact is severe, with roughly one in four state families reporting difficulty ...
Another slate of animal abuse charges in Warren County will, we hope, send a needed message to those who own animals not to get in over their heads. Last week, two Youngsville residents were each charged with seven third-degree felony charges related to the late June seizure: one count of each of aggravated cruelty to animals – torture and six counts each of aggravated cruelty to animals – causing serious bodily injury or death. They also each face 31 counts of third-degree misdemeanor neglect of animals – vet care and citations for application dog licenses/fees, penalties, ...
