BOOM!! The noise was HUGE and beyond startling. The sound explosion propelled me out of my seat. It was midday, I was writing on my laptop, and I couldn’t imagine what could create such a frightful noise. It sounded like it came from the front hall – maybe by the front door? Perhaps it ...

I would like to respond to the letter, “Reasons to be a Fetterman skeptic,” and another recently regarding John Fetterman’s stroke and his ability to serve as our senator. This letter is written from a position of experience. During a surgical procedure in January 2003, I suffered a ...

BINGHAMTON – Having just lost – in walloping fashion – a Second Amendment challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court, you might have thought New York would want to take its time. You might have thought New York would want to study the decision carefully. You might have thought New York would ...

When the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources worked with Governor Tom Wolf to secure funding for three new state parks, we knew it was the right thing to do for Pennsylvania’s taxpayers. Part of our reasoning was derived from studies the Times Observer editorial noted in its ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. How does this affect me? It was in May 2011 that I was diagnosed with breast cancer. What a disaster that was! I had my routine mammogram. I went faithfully — every year. I know that you are allowed to go two years, but that was not my policy. ...

This week another birthday arrived. Thank you, God. To be sure, birthdays are for celebration. But as more of them stack up under me, I find them not just reassuring – hey, I’m still here – but a time for reflection. Often, when I think back, it is to everyday happenings like: “I do ...