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Mt. Carmel Twp.’s Data Center: Lessons for other communities

Tim Mannello Williamsport Communities throughout Pennsylvania worried about becoming a site for an AI data center can learn from Mount Carmel Township, where residents faced rapid proposals, limited information, and major environmental questions—showing how early awareness and strong local engagement can shape better outcomes. Many residents of Mount Carmel Township have been led to believe they have little power to oppose large data centers. Citing Pennsylvania’s newly passed House Bill 2151, which sets statewide standards, some developers claim local governments can no ...

Have we badly misunderstood the Bible’s relevance for today?

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross Experts in the religious world believe the Ten Commandments are a moral code intended to guide the private lives of both Jewish and Christian believers. Have the experts ever been wrong before? Hmm . . . experts for a long time were certain that the earth was flat. Turns out, modern scholars have noted that the commandments exist in the form of an ancient international treaty document. This is a huge signal that the document is a treaty negotiated between two or more separate and independent political entities, like the very proud twelve individual ...

Clinton County on short end of PFBC’s stick

Jeff Deitrich Renovo When I was a kid, I remember taking my elderly uncle out fishing for stocked trout on Long Run near Salona. I remember my dad teaching me for the first time how to use a spinner for stocked trout on Baker Run. I remember as a 16-year-old fishing up through Paddy Run near Renovo and coming upon a stocking truck at the reservoir, where the lone driver and I stocked 400 trout into a quarter mile stretch of water. What fantastic days those were. They could not be that today. Those three streams are on a list of at least 15 Clinton County streams that once were ...

1984

Jim Newton Itasca Ronald Reagan vs. Walter Mondale was an election for the ages. In my nostalgic mind, I found both men capable, even likable during the 1984 presidential campaign. They didn’t instinctively hate each other over policy differences. Despite its book-title implications, 1984 wasn’t that bad. America’s economy was recovering from the 1981-82 recession and optimism was growing. I think we can forgive “1984” author George Orwell for being 40 years early on his otherwise prescient vision. For me, that vision began during the 1988 George H.W. Bush vs. ...

BASD school board issues statement following public outcry regarding expulsion

(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Bellefonte Area School District Board President Jon Guizar following public outcry regarding the expulsion of a senior at Bellefonte Area High School. This letter is printed in its entirety and includes a leading statement by Guizar.) The Bellefonte School District Board of Directors is offering this public statement to address recent concerns regarding a board action that has generated significant public attention. While we are unable to correct or clarify every aspect of public perception surrounding this matter, we believe it is ...

Express Our View, respondent critic, or not?

Stephen Poorman Lock Haven Mails here in South Florida were filled with angry opinions surrounding The Express Editorial “Repudiation of Taxpayer’s money, a disservice to council halls” (April 29, 2026). One writer plans to cancel their subscription because The Express “supported the construction of a new police station” (which it really didn’t do), and they attached the Editorial. Prior to placing it under my magnification plate, I too was angered. However, the first six paragraphs were definitive and the more reading, perhaps the newspaper might best serve the ...