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Shared police services makes good economic, common sense

It’s good to hear that Lock Haven City Council will investigate the feasibility of offering the city’s police services to other communities. Councilmen Jeff Brinker and Doug Byerly brought the idea to council after doing research into the city’s attempts at regionalization in 2017. Taxpayers can be served well — and better — through sharing police services, we firmly believe. It’s already happening. In neighboring counties. As an example, Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police based in Jersey Shore is even providing “police chief” services to Old Lycoming Township in ...

A most giving community organization

They’re at it again. The most benevolent Giosue Carducci Lodge 146, Sons and Daughters of Italy has just given away $45,150 to 24 non-profits, programs and community oriented projects from January to March through the Sons’ gambling proceeds. From drug and alcohol prevention to education. From Wounded Warriors to youth playing soccer. Multiple Little Leagues. Ronald McDonald House helping families of children needing critical health care. Infant development. Church programs. Special Olympics. A veterans park renewal. The United Way. Swimming pool rehabilitation ...

Putin must go and a shameful fight over celebrating our freedom

Much important world, national, state and local news over the past month has been relegated to the background — some completely overshadowed — by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s horrific invasion of Ukraine. We’re not optimistic of that changing anytime soon. Putin’s threats regarding use of chemical and nuclear weapons have opened potential prospects for a conflict much broader and intense than what has occurred so far, and news organizations on all fronts must not allow any proverbial stone to be unturned in their attempts to keep the people of this planet ...

Plea deals for 9/11 terrorists are troubling

Surviving family members and friends of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have a right to be livid over military prosecutors’ willingness to negotiate plea deals for five 9/11 defendants being detained at the Guantanamo Bay high-security prison in Cuba. In exchange for guilty pleas, prosecutors reportedly would halt pursuit of death sentences, while also possibly stopping objections to more lenient ongoing punishment for those of the five considered more peripheral to the plot. Something does not smell right in what has begun. In a nation where killers of one ...

Wow! Huge draw to trail run in heavy snow, cold says it all

The photo of dozens of trail runners with faces covered, hats, gloves and special apparel designed for cold weather taking off from the start line as heavy snow falls is stunning. And that page A1 photo in The Express in Wednesday’s edition says it all: A LOT OF PEOPLE appreciate and want to be involved in the many trail runs Clinton County hosts. Congratulations to Fire on the Rocks Race Diretor Craig Fleming and his crew for yet another successful event last weekend. Craig is a driving force — along with others who we’ve mentioned before — in organizing and executing ...

Don’t create a different March madness

If you’re a sports fan in general, or a basketball fan in particular, then this week is probably something you’ve looked forward to — the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournaments, often referred to as “March Madness” because of the at-times unpredictable nature of the intense competition. And while March Madness is nothing new, the meteoric rise of legalized sports gambling is — at least relatively speaking. According to an Associated Press story, it is estimated that 17% of American adults (not just sports fans, but all adults) will place a bet of some kind on the ...