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This summer I visited my 50th state. It was a long time in coming, but I did it the right way—I saved the best for last!
I say that emphatically because I joined an elite club—the …
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9/6/23
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I deeply appreciate John Pace’s recent meditation on the negative aspects of international travel, particularly its environmental impact (“The overwhelming desire to be somewhere …
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The 60th anniversary of the March on Washington was observed on August 25 and 26 at the Lincoln Memorial. This went to press after the fact.
As we mark the 60th anniversary of the March on …
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By LIZ SHULER AND FRED REDMOND
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8/30/23
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I am grateful that you are reporting on and thereby raising public awareness about protecting the watershed and the connection between its health and the impact of development projects across the …
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By BARBARA LERNER
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8/30/23
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Schools in the Empire State have an obligation to promote diversity, equity and inclusion as they plan for the coming school year, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James and Betty Rosa, …
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Contributed by the New York State Office of the Attorney General
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8/23/23
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In a powerful, precedent-setting, and detailed decision in the Held v. Montana case, Montana State Judge Kathy Seeley held that two recently passed pieces of state legislation were unconstitutional …
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By MAYA K. VAN ROSSUM
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8/23/23
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Citizens have a right to know with whom they’re dealing, whether it be in government or private enterprise.
But that’s not the case when it comes to limited liability …
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By JUDY PATRICK
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8/16/23
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I read in the Sullivan County Democrat (8/1/23) that Legislator George Conklin considers himself a “numbers man,” and that he thinks this legislature has accomplished great …
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By LISE KENNEDY
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8/16/23
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In the recent past, the notion of an exotic travel destination was predominately the province of the very wealthy. Not so any more. Today, very average Americans typically target travel to once …
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By JOHN PACE
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8/16/23
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For a long time, the definition of the word chutzpah was a child who killed both his parents and then threw himself on the mercy of the court because he was an orphan.
In a recent …
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By STAR D. HESSE
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8/16/23
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In Pennsylvania, we are having an SOS moment. But this distress call is to “Save Our Students” when it comes to education.
And as we learned at a recent Senate Education …
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By REP. MARTINA WHITE (R-170)
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8/10/23
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Pennsylvania nursing home providers are warning state officials of the catastrophic implications a state budget without imperative funding will have on the care of low-income seniors and adults with …
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8/9/23
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We have become a nation of screamers, of yellers, of I’m Louder Than Youers.
Now there is much about which we can rage. Yet rage unresolved is a poison to the body, mind and soul. The …
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By CYNTHIA NASH
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8/9/23
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August is the month old-timers in Monroe County, PA remember the Flood of 1955.
Some were youngsters then, and recall family members being cut off, stuck in cars or taking shelter where they …
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By CAROL HILLESTAD for the Brodhead Watershed Association
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8/2/23
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I am counsel for the Delaware Riverkeeper on the FIMFO project and have met with many in the community concerning the project.
My clients are gratified by the National Park Service …
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8/2/23
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A mere 55 years after his death, the U.S. government has restored J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance, which the Atomic Energy Commission had taken away from him in 1954, declaring him …
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By ROBERT C. KOEHLER
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7/26/23
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In recent years, hepatitis has gotten some very necessary attention. Still, more awareness is always good regarding this very serious yet highly treatable disease.
Fortunately, we have …
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By VIKAS KHURANA, M.D.
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7/26/23
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I am writing to correct several erroneous statements published regarding the Canadian geese on White Lake.
The Lake Association of White Lake NY was formed in 2022 in order to address the …
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By MARY-ELLEN SEITELMAN
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7/26/23
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A looming environmental crisis, both locally and across the country, will center upon sources and reliable supplies of water. Clean water.
Right now, we routinely have local disputes over …
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State Rep. Tarah Probst voted on July 7 to bring $456 million back to Pennsylvania taxpayers by requiring fairness in the way cyber/charter schools operate.
Probst, a Democrat, represents the …
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7/12/23
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