Opinion
Published on December 18, 2025 - Page 16
You almost have to admire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taking the stage at the Ronald Reagan presidential library and immediately opening fire. "...
Published on December 18, 2025 - Page 16
Berwick council voted down a three-story apartment building on Washington Street this week because council members didn't think it would fit in the...
Published on December 18, 2025 - Page 16
As Bloomsburg residents, we are fortunate to have a university in our town with intelligent, articulate faculty. I am thus requesting the assistance...
Published on December 18, 2025 - Page 16
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The Department of Education has begun a negotiated rulemaking to consider standards to hold colleges and universities accountable...
Published on December 17, 2025 - Page 6
When public money is spent, the people deserve to know the ins and outs. It's encouraging to see Harrisburg lawmakers on this particular bandwagon....
Published on December 17, 2025 - Page 6
In the 351 days that have passed since the beginning of the year, the 253 members of the Pennsylvania Legislature have passed a grand total of 65 new...
Published on December 17, 2025 - Page 6
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Christmas is almost here, and that means it's time to shop for presents. What could be better than showering your loved ones with...
Published on December 17, 2025 - Page 6
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The same politicians who swore inflation was "transitory" during the last presidential administration have suddenly found religion...
Published on December 16, 2025 - Page 12
Eight years ago, in his now-distant first term, President Trump laid out a national security strategy recognizing the new world of great power...
Published on December 16, 2025 - Page 12
( EDITOR'S NOTE: Ben Bibik, a volunteer fire captain in the Tully Hose Company No. 1 in central New York, recently wrote this column -- an "obituary...
Published on December 16, 2025 - Page 12
The more things change at the U.S. Postal Service, the more they stay the same, unfortunately. The volume of mail moving through the system continues...
Published on December 16, 2025 - Page 12
Given all the political drama that has saturated the nation the last few years, it should hardly come as a revelation the heated rhetoric dominating...
Published on December 15, 2025 - Page 6
E
ven among the many sobering stories of cruelty and injustice arising from the Trump administration’s obsessive anti-immigration crusade, the story...
Published on December 15, 2025 - Page 6
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You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. And yes, you still recall the most famous reindeer of all. But how did that red-...
Published on December 14, 2025 - Page 8
Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have become adept at scrambling to deal with the latest bad news from Washington. Their meeting...
Published on December 14, 2025 - Page 8
ROSE: It's a shame agents of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been turned into political avatars by people on both sides of our...
Published on December 14, 2025 - Page 8
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Hanukkah is arriving on our doorstep, and this year feels different. Before explaining why, a recap of the holiday's basic...
Published on December 14, 2025 - Page 8
To Pete "If I state the facts, he calls it complaining." I would suggest he does a better job with the paper. I sent my last letter to the editor. He...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 15
Here's some surprising political news: A referendum campaign is gaining support in Massachusetts, of all places, to reverse the state's 2016...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 15
ROSE: From the land of lake-effect snow, Bloomsburg's new public works director, Brady Brink, has brought a fresh approach to a chronic town problem...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 15
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Traditional healthcare is in crisis. Physician shortages are worsening while wait times for appointments have reached record highs...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 15
Okay. After the longest government shutdown in our nation's history, largely fought over the health care issue, on Dec. 11, the GOP-led Senate...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 15
On behalf of the Columbia-Montour Aging Office Inc., I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the individuals, businesses and community...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 16
In early November, a conservative Supreme Court justice showed a cleareyed understanding of the threat President Trump poses to the constitutional...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 16
ROSE: By all accounts, the Bloomsburg Area High School Marching Band did its school and the community proud during its participation in ceremonies...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 16
All Democrats are crazy, and now that I have your attention, I apologize to the moderate ones that are just being drug along because they never...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 16
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She's sitting in a chair by the window. It's 2:14 p.m. on a Tuesday. The home health aide left an hour ago. Her daughter won't call...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 15
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) thinks he has a new idea: no taxes on health care. He has proposed making all out-of-pocket health care expenses tax...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 15
We don't need more gun control. We need more control of our guns.
As explained by cops reporter Leon Bogdan in a story published Wednesday, police...
Published on December 11, 2025 - Page 15
It has been recently implied by the editor of this publication that proposed changes to the committee structure of the town of Bloomsburg are in some...