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Council should keep the ship steady for Lock Haven, staff while searching for the next manager

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Frustration seems to be endemic within the Lock Haven City Council chamber lately. Following the abrupt firing of former city manager, Greg Wilson, to start the year, city staff have been doing an admirable job holding it together under assuredly stressful circumstances. To all outside appearances, city staff had a healthy — and efficient — dynamic with Wilson, and shaking that up has caused challenges enough on its own. However, city council seems unwilling to let those challenges be all that the staff have to deal with, as the once-settled new police building is now being ...

Lowering the temperature starts with truth

Letters to the editor

Terry Hansen Grafton In response to the accusation of Israeli apartheid, Governor Josh Shapiro recently asserted: “We’ve got to be acknowledging that language matters here. That words matter and that we’ve got to use words that are actually rooted in reality and are able to bring the temperature down.” Notably, in 2021, two former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa, Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel, co-authored an op-ed concluding that Israel has indeed become an apartheid state. They cited the two-tiered legal system in the West Bank, illegal settlements, the demolition of ...

Dear Annie: Teasing or tearing down?

Columns

Dear Annie: My younger sister is getting married this fall. I’m happy for her. The problem is her fiance. At family dinners he makes little digs at her — jokes about her cooking, her spending, even her weight. When she laughs uncomfortably, he says, “Relax, you’re too sensitive.” Last Sunday, he teased her about “finally locking him down before 35,” and everyone chuckled. She smiled, but I cringed. I pulled her aside once and asked if she was ever offended by some of his “jokes.” She told me I was overreacting and that this is just his sense of humor. The wedding ...

Woman’s stab-like pains might be a side effect of past radiation

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the removal of 14 lymph nodes. I still have difficulty raising my left arm, along with burning, tingling and itching in my armpit area. I have a small scar on my lung and cracks in my ribs. Four years ago, I developed red streaks on my breast that were finally diagnosed via an MRI as a late effect of radiation. This past year, I developed a thickness that was diagnosed as radiation fibrosis. I now have heart vessel issues that are most likely ...

Iran is challenging a bedrock of American geopolitical power

Columns

The reason why we have the Fifth Fleet, one of the most awesome naval forces ever assembled in the history of mankind, is to protect the sea lanes in the Middle East. That the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively closed is not just a blow to the global economy and a key point of leverage for the Iranian regime, it is an assault against one of the foundations of American power. Guarding the safe passage of commerce has been a core Anglo-American commitment for a couple of centuries, with the baton of naval leadership passing from the British to the United States around the time of ...

Reshaping the media

Letters to the editor

Mary Bruce Serene State College Recently, Donald Trump posted a graphic celebrating how he is “reshaping the media.” The graphic itself proudly lists journalists pushed out of their jobs, layoffs at major outlets, regulatory pressure, and the defunding of public broadcasters as political “wins.” Think about what that means. A president openly boasting about weakening news organizations that scrutinize him. A president openly bragging about violating the First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of speech. This should concern Americans of every political persuasion. ...