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No easy answers in debate over police services, LH City Hall

The Lock Haven Police Department needs better — and a little more — space. That’s the crux of City Council’s review of proposals to either renovate the existing City Hall, build a new one or find a space, or spaces, to lease for city government and services. So the ongoing process of reviewing proposals and costs is a necessary one — whether anyone likes the estimated price tags or not. Government always has to pay more for renovating or building public space. It’s mostly because of the prevailing wage act, but also because of all the requirements that come with ...

Shopping locally has tremendous benefits to you, your community

It’s Small Business Saturday and the spotlight is on your neighbors and friends who stand behind the counter at your local retail store. Local businesses are far more important than you think. Not only do they enhance your own quality of life, but they add vibrancy to your community. When you shop at independent or local-to-you businesses, more money is kept within your community because local businesses often use or buy from local service providers, farms and companies. Buying locally helps grow other businesses as well as your region’s tax base. Taxes are paid locally, ...

On this Thanksgiving

We pray that, with God’s grace, we would work as a nation toward unity. Jesus, thank You for humbling Yourself to walk alongside us. Help our leaders be more civil, to walk alongside each other, their constituents and those with hardships and those who suffer. Oh Father, let us take a minute to say “thanks.” On this day, we live in your spirit, on your planet and amongst our brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you, Lord, for the gift of today. Amen.

PPL rate hikes a call to shop for electricity

It is unfortunate PPL is raising its electricity rates again at a time of record inflation and as the cold weather hits. Beginning Dec. 1, PPL’s default residential rate will rise by another 2 cents per kilowatt hour, from $12.366 to $14.612. PPL officials say the about 18% rate hike will cost the average customer an extra $22 per month. A year ago, on Nov. 30, 2021, PPL’s default residential rate was 7.554 cents per kilowatt hour. With the December 2022 increase, PPL will have raised the default residential rate by 93.7% since then. The default rate is the rate charged to ...

Throw the book at Little Red Library vandals

When police catch the person or people who are vandalizing the Little Red Libraries in our community, the judge should make that person or persons build new ones, stock them and help raise money to sustain them. Those perpetrating these crimes are cowards. They get gratification from damaging things their community values. You want to anger your community, keep it up because you’re going to get caught. Tell you what, the culprits better not be very young juveniles running through the neighborhoods because, if so, the judge should teach their parents a lesson about parenting, ...

We need to ramp up healthcare for our veterans

It’s Veterans Day 2022 and we want to focus on health care for the men and women who wear or wore our country’s military uniforms. Active duty military and veterans do and have sacrificed for our country. The pandemic, meanwhile, has strained our nation’s healthcare system. Have you had to wait for an appointment or outpatience service lately? We know the Veterans Administration hospitals are strained, too. It’s incumbent upon our elected leaders to work to insure our active duty citizens and veterans don’t have excessive or unreasonable delays or get any second-rate ...