Opinion
Published on December 18, 2014 - Page 25
The Bloomsburg Town Council has made their decision to not pass a Non-Discrimination ordinance Monday night. Although it may seem that hope is lost...
Published on December 18, 2014 - Page 25
I would like to send a special Season’s Greetings to all my new neighbors and friends of Beaver Township and Scotch Valley that we’ve met since we...
Published on December 18, 2014 - Page 25
Before anyone even knew just how badly the Democrats would get trounced in the 2014 midterm elections, some pundits were already sending the party a...
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column by Rick Manning of Americans for Limited Government. The free market miracle that is U.S. domestic energy...
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
Mike Viti is just one man, no more important than the next; he certainly lacks the influence of the elected lawmakers who determine U.S. policy from...
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
Madame Mayor, I spoke at the special Bloomsburg town council meeting Monday night in favor of an anti-discrimination ordinance. I was disheartened...
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
When an engineering firm designs a bridge it is their responsibility to evaluate the environment, to incorporate within the design removal of any...
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
The Town of Bloomsburg Shade Tree Commission would like to thank all the town residents and the Bloomsburg University volunteers who gave their time...
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
The possible “non-discrimination” ordinance in the Town of Bloomsburg would discriminate against those who hold to God’s ways found in the Bible....
Published on December 17, 2014 - Page 6
Even though many of the brutal interrogation techniques used by the CIA in secret prisons were known before the release of the Senate Intelligence...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
"We can't breathe," echoed across the U.S. by black, white, brown and everyone with a voice who is tired of injustice! Selling loosies, grabbing...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from Nick Gillespie’s “Hit & Run” blog at reason.com. The release... of the Senate’s “torture report” has been...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
I write this open letter to the citizens of Bloomsburg on behalf of their town council, in response to their vote to increase your taxes. Remember...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
I lived in Reno, Nevada five years, in town among the casinos. Three times while walking to or from work I passed police tape around a chalk outline...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
I am writing, belatedly, in response to Dr. Richard Larcom’s letter Sept. 12. When I had him as a professor I found him to be a likable fellow. I was...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
“The whole point of politically motivated violence is to scare people out of being themselves. Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society —...
Published on December 16, 2014 - Page 15
My wife and I attended the Christmas Boulevard lighting in Berwick. We are beyond words on how beautiful the Boulevard looks. Our many thanks to all...
Published on December 15, 2014 - Page 6
THORN: Bloomsburg Town Council members will get an earful tonight as they listen to some 40 speakers who want to weigh in, pro or con, on a proposed...
Published on December 15, 2014 - Page 6
It turns out alternative energy companies, supposedly kinder than kind to Mother Nature, have some dirty not-so-little secrets. At least one of them...
Published on December 14, 2014 - Page 24
Three years after Graham Spanier was forced out as president of Penn State, and two years after he was charged with crimes in the Jerry Sandusky...
Published on December 14, 2014 - Page 24
ROSE: Bloomsburg restaurateurs Gary Vadakin and Jared Shuman, two guys who know something about the heat in the kitchen, have taken it to the street...
Published on December 14, 2014 - Page 24
Most have seen the restaurant sign on the door: No shoes, No shirt, No service! Does a person take a Chevy to a Ford garage or a Volvo to a Toyota...
Published on December 14, 2014 - Page 24
It was the quality of the people of this community that brought my wife Annie and me to this area in 2000. For over 14 years I have served as the...
Published on December 14, 2014 - Page 24
“In all countries, if someone commits murder, they are prosecuted and jailed. If they commit rape or armed robbery, they are prosecuted and jailed....
Published on December 14, 2014 - Page 24
Bloomsburg Midget Football & Cheerleading is a youth organization that focuses on teamwork, sportsmanship and the love of the game. Athletes in...
Published on December 13, 2014 - Page 27
A blatant case of legislative pandering earlier this year to the National Rifle Association by Gov. Tom Corbett and the General Assembly could well...
Published on December 13, 2014 - Page 27
THORN: Because they failed to competently supervise their police chief, the supervisors in Montour Township now have another headache. Getting rid of...
Published on December 13, 2014 - Page 27
“You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do,” — Anne Lamott Ever...
Published on December 13, 2014 - Page 27
It is time for the Montour County community to meet its obligation and provide a monetary base for the educational services of the Thomas Beaver Free...
Published on December 13, 2014 - Page 27
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...