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Interested members sought for Bucktail Medical Board elections

Ann Sanford, Chairman Bucktail Medical Center Nominating Committee To the residents of Western Clinton County: The nominating committee of the Bucktail Medical Center is accepting names of corporate members to be placed on the ballot for election to the Board of Directors at the annual corporate meeting on Monday, April 6, 2026, at the center. Elections for three, 3-year term seats will be held, plus consideration of Bylaw changes and other business that may properly come before the corporate body. Bylaw change submissions will be available for review from the administrative ...

The calm country coalition

Tim Mannello Williamsport I believe that in 2026 and 2028, the decisive voting bloc will be Americans who want something straightforward but deeply important: stability, predictability and calm. After years of political upheaval, economic uncertainty and cultural fatigue, many voters may be driven less by ideology and more by a desire to calm the chaos and lower the temperature of public life. This coalition isn’t defined by party, but by a shared preference for predictability, steadiness, integrity and basic competence. For many voters, stability starts with steady prices. ...

Why I support WPSU

Sheri Berenbaum State College Listening to NPR’s Morning Edition today, as I do most days, I was reminded how much I rely on WPSU and how close we came to losing it. When Penn State announced it would no longer support WPSU, I was worried. So were many of you. More than 20,000 people signed a petition to protect this essential community service and helped keep WPSU alive. The broadcast license of WPSU is in the process of being transferred to WHYY, allowing WPSU to retain its local identity and programming. I grew up watching “Channel 13” in New York, and had passing ...

In uncertain times, WPSU is a lifeline

Connie Schulz State College Right now, the world feels unsettled. Wars abroad. Political division at home. Misinformation spreading faster than facts. In moments like these, I turn to one place I’ve trusted for decades: WPSU. For years, WPSU has been part of my daily life — in my car, in my home, in my family’s conversations. It has guided us through national crises, election nights, public health emergencies, and local challenges with calm, fact-based reporting. It has educated our children and connected rural communities that too often go unheard. It has also entertained ...

President’s Day has become King’s Day in America

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah I am writing this commentary on the holiday we traditionally honor past presidents who served our country without overmuch tomfoolery or outright tyranny. Abigail Adams told her husband John, our second President, that “All men would be tyrants if they could.” In America, we tied the hands of our presidents with a strongly worded constitutional law so those administrators of the will of the Congress could not become what human beings always want to become when they get into positions of power. In the 21st century, our once well-educated ...

RADAR need is greatly exaggerated

Tom McCarey Berwyn I also sent this letter to Bellefonte Councilwoman Barbara Dann: It is likely that you get your RADAR information from actors directly in RADAR’s revenue stream: government, police, courts and auto insurers. Their information is anecdotal, urban legend and misinformation. Their goal is to give RADAR to municipal police to raise revenue. They should be disqualified because of the financial conflict of interest. Their premise is that there is a “speeding” crisis. Not true. There is a crisis, but it is a crisis of highway engineering malpractice. The Federal ...