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Very few boats at the Floating Stage Concerts

William Johnson Lock Haven I have been attending concerts at the floating stage in Lock Haven for many years. As the years went by, I noticed fewer and fewer boats at the concerts, and started to ask some questions and talk to some boaters. First of all I noticed this year the PA Fish and Boat Commission will put the boat in at the Woodward Township boat launch on Sunday night between 8-8:30 p.m. and start to pull over boats for any reason. They do not patrol the river all day long, just on concert days, and not until the concert is just about over. The boaters I talked to ...

Why is one person playing both sides of the fence?

Kari Steinbacher Mill Hall This is in response to the article printed on July 25 about the Mill Hall Volunteer Fire Company not “complying.” Here we go again with another one-sided story between the MH Fire Chief, his position as President of MH Borough Council and lastly the President of the Clinton County Fireman’s Association who talks about all the training he has taken but yet has not encouraged the members he is leading to take. Let’s not forget to mention the trust that the Fire Company had for him to be the spokesman for them. The answers that were received back ...

Borowicz derangement syndrome

K. Johnson Jersey Shore The recent vitriolic tirade on these pages by Paul Nelson of Tonawanda, N.Y., addressed directly to Representative Borowicz, demonstrates not just its author’s extreme anger and hatred, but a narrow-mindedness that precludes any constructive discussion, while simultaneously insulting every resident of Clinton County. However, the other readers of this publication deserve to see a response. While the Trump accusations have some possible merit, far too complicated to explain in limited space, maybe the most absurd comment in Mr. Nelson’s target-rich ...

The Elephant in the room

Rick Thomas Lewisburg There’s a glaring fact that few will say out loud: President Donald Trump was a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein and Trump were well-known playboys, with photos and videos showing them partying together in Palm Beach. Trump once told New York Magazine, “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” Trump has boasted of his sexual “prowess” and was once caught on tape saying that if you’re rich you can “grab them ...

Honoring 250 years of the postal service: A legacy of democracy, connection, and progress

Stephen Kochersperger Washington, DC (formerly of Julian) Most people who are familiar with Independence Hall in Philadelphia know — at least — that important decisions were made there during the American Revolution. All the beginnings of our nation can trace back to the debates and discussions there of a small group of men risking their lives to start and lead a rebellion against the British crown. One of the most important meetings of the Second Continental Congress occurred in that hall on July 26, 1775, against a dramatic backdrop of thunderstorms, nearly a year before the ...

What the heck is going on in Pennsylvania?

Karen Elias Lock Haven On July 15th, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University hosted a Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit which, behind all its star-powered hype, was essentially a branding exercise. Pennsylvania, apparently tired of being Energy Producer Number Two, is now positioning itself to “dominate” in the field of data center construction, eager to use the over $90 billion it has been promised, for construction of the computers needed to operate AI and crypto-mining operations — as well as the dirty energy facilities it will take to run them. Because our ...