Jim Hironimus White Hall Our Class of ‘69 Reunion for our high school is next month. Every year attendance gets lower and lower. It never has been above 70% ever, and now it is down to less than 45%. Why? I moved from the area almost 50 years ago. My family has long since died and ...

Ron Williams Pennsylvania Furnace Given its origins, a fundamental question needs to be addressed as we celebrate Memorial Day in this important election year. Memorial Day serves to honor those veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we now enjoy. Along with those ...

Karen Stoehr State College In county after county, the Pennsylvania Republican Party, aided and abetted by State Senator Cris Dush, is feigning outrage because a small number of voters—including military members overseas—transposed the date on the outside envelope of their mail-in ...

Bob Potter Boalsburg What’s with the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s love for carpetbaggers? Remember two years ago when multi-millionaire New Jersey resident Dr. Oz ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania? Apparently “New Jersey Oz” thought he could bamboozle Pennsylvanians ...

Vance Waggoner Lewisburg To those who contend that Trump did more for Americans than President Biden has, I offer, among other things, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted with bipartisan support. Let’s take a look at just one of its achievements. While the IRA is best known for ...

Tim Nilson Bellefonte May 19-25 is National EMS Week — a recognition established in 1974 by President Gerald Ford. This year’s theme is “Honoring our Past. Forging our Future.” Please take time to recognize EMS practitioners and the important work they do 24/7/365. EMS is an ...