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Opinion

Our opinion: Drive downtown parking study

Our Opinion

City Council members have approved a smaller, $3 million project to fix the worst of the issues in the Clark Street parking garage. The smaller rehabilitation project won’t be the last time we talk about the Clark Street garage. And, in our opinion, our next talk should include whether the ...

Readers Speak

Letters To Editor

A new process Dear Editor, I’m beginning to understand what this whole tariff program is about. It is driven by the desire to extend the 2017 tax cuts with some adjustments. Our wheelers and dealers are not looking for zero tariff agreements. Being a net importer, 10% or any number ...

May and Law Days

Local Commentaries

Although May 1 just passed, I want to introduce you to some of the significance of the day. First of all, May Day dates to around 2 A.D. It had its origins in the festivals of Europe. I recall the Campus School in Fredonia celebrating May Day. One year I attended the ceremony because my ...

Our opinion: Efficiency is not all that bad

Our Opinion

Polls show many Americans are increasingly unhappy with the way the federal government has use President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. That doesn’t mean Pennsylvania Republicans’ efforts to pursue a Pennsylvania Department of Government Efficiency are doomed. We think ...

Rounding Third: Witnessing a return of the natives

Local Commentaries

I like to write about the annual robins who nest on my back porch. I enjoy watching their month-long odyssey from the home building to the final fledgling fly-off. Last year’s model must have liked the neighborhood, because Rosie Robin (as I had named her) is back. And she has brought ...

Our opinion: Once again, legislator proposes a rural policing tax

Our Opinion

Rep. Tim Brennan, D-Doylestown, has been a staunch advocate over the past couple of legislative sessions for the idea that too many Pennsylvania townships and boroughs rely on the Pennsylvania State Police rather than a local police force. From his seat between Allentown and Philadelphia, we ...