Opinion
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
The election has passed and once again, for the fourth year in a row, our twin college students have had their ability to vote compromised. Our...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
Are you concerned about a data center being built in your community?
Remember when we said our data was being stored "in the cloud?" The cloud is...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
To Pete "I like 30 Seconds because it sells papers" Kendron. Make up your own headline, you always do. You told me only one letter to the editor per...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
In a landmark deal, President Donald Trump negotiated dramatically lower costs for weight-loss drugs produced by pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
The 50-year mortgage idea floated recently by the Trump Administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency director -- and backed by the president -- as...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
I am a veteran. I speak only for myself but I suspect there may be some of my brothers and sisters out there who will share my sentiments and some...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
My concern is the request for the rezoning of hundreds of acres of land in Anthony Township, Montour County from Agriculture to Industrial.
I still...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
When the Trump administration's war on drugs came to Franklin, New Hampshire, the coordinated raids -- complete with flash-bang grenades -- were...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
A case now wending its way through federal court shows the power local code enforcers can have over property owners.
While those enforcers sometimes...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
Serving as Judge is one of the greatest honors of my professional life, and I am truly grateful for the trust placed in me to carry out that...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
I assert that it is self evident that Donald J. Trump is and always has been too lazy and too stupid to have ever done his due diligence on anything...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
A friend recently brought Mr. Whitmire's mind boggling list of credentials to my attention. As it turns out he's a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
What do you get if you cross broccoli with a vampire? Count Broccula.
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Which type of vegetable always gets jealous? A green bean.
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What type...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
In the final months of World War II, as Allied forces pushed toward victory in Europe, the borough of Berwick received heartbreaking news: Pfc. Peter...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
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Given the physical demands of military service, it's no surprise several of America's prominent veterans also were star athletes....
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
The picture painted by the Columbia-Montour Aging Office is a stark one: With no state aid in the past six months because of the budget showdown in...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
I always feel a bit melancholy on Veterans Day. I miss brothers who are no longer with us, those who I've lost touch with and while I don't miss the...
Published on November 10, 2025 - Page 6
President Trump has played fast and loose with federal law during the current government shutdown to fund the things he considers important. He has...
Published on November 10, 2025 - Page 6
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Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, they say. And as one instance showed, they come in all ages, too.
In many ways, Calvin Graham'...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
The diverging verdicts offered by the Chinese and American leaders after their talks in South Korea reflected more than the chasms between their...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
ROSE: The seemingly senseless shooting of a teenager last weekend in Bloomsburg was one of the most shocking crimes in recent memory. Random gunplay...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
Kristi Noem, secretary of homeland security, compared Antifa to groups like ISIS and Hamas during a conservative media event in early October,...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
For the 12th year in a row (minus the pandemic year of 2020 when we celebrated virtually), hundreds of people in Bloomsburg marked the Halloween...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
The Trump administration has learned from Netanyahu and Gaza. Take away hope from the people and replace it with fear. Fear they will not be safe;...
Published on November 8, 2025 - Page 6
Why was the artichoke so generous? It had a big heart!
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Why did the vegetable call the plumber? It had a leek.
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What's a vegetable's favorite...
Published on November 8, 2025 - Page 6
ROSE: As we've said here many times, it's all too easy for most of us to take our volunteer fire companies for granted.
To remedy that, think for a...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
You know there's a problem when scientists in the United States increasingly see European bureaucracy as a safer setting for conducting their cutting...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
ROSE: It's a shame Nick McGaw is stepping away from his seat on Bloomsburg's Town Council. It probably means fewer headaches for him, but taxpayers...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
During the great Republican Depression (original title) of the 1930s, Supreme Court Justice Lewis Brandeis told the American people they must make a...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
On Oct. 9, 2025, Chris Bower, Zoning Officer for the Northern Montour Regional Planning Commission, received and made available correspondence dated...