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    Break up the Ivy League? Maybe it’s time
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Break up the Ivy League? Maybe it’s time
    Jun 02, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — It pains me to say this, as both an economist and a graduate of Columbia, but: It may be time to break up not only Columbia but also ...
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    Taxpayers will fund Qatari ‘gift’
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Taxpayers will fund Qatari ‘gift’
    Jun 02, 2025
    President Donald Trump described the $400 million jet Qatar’s government gave to the U.S. as a “gift, free of charge” on Truth Social. The plane may b...
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    Same as it ever was
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Same as it ever was
    Jun 02, 2025
    In their upside down, Alice-in-Wonderland version of reality, the left has a point when they cast George Orwell as a prophet of our times. Our world i...
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    Other Voices: Wary of education cuts
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Other Voices: Wary of education cuts
    May 30, 2025
    Does day-to-day news distract us from the things that really matter to our daily lives? Have we lost focus? Is this what President Trump hopes will ha...
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    Film tax handouts a money loser
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Film tax handouts a money loser
    May 30, 2025
    Two studies released this week conclude that billions in state handouts for the film industry won’t generate enough revenue to cover the taxpayer cost...
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    Poll: High utility bills concern most amid energy crossroads
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Poll: High utility bills concern most amid energy crossroads
    May 30, 2025
    Whether it’s gas or “green,” most Pennsylvanians just want affordable electricity. This according to a new statewide poll from Public Opinion Strategi...
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    Does Josh Shapiro have a secrecy problem?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Does Josh Shapiro have a secrecy problem?
    May 30, 2025
    I want Josh Shapiro to succeed. As a centrist Pennsylvanian who voted for him over woefully out-of-his-depth Doug Mastriano back in 2022, I see a gove...
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    Back in time with unique store near Buffalo
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Back in time with unique store near Buffalo
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 29, 2025
    Remember sitting outside under a tree on a hot summer day, listening to the chirping of the bugs and songs of the birds while a light breeze ruffled t...
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    Elon vs. the ‘big beautiful bill’
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Elon vs. the ‘big beautiful bill’
    May 29, 2025
    Over the weekend, businessman Elon Musk expressed his disappointment with the Trump-backed domestic policy bill narrowly approved by the House of Repr...
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    Military owns 100+ golf courses
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Military owns 100+ golf courses
    May 29, 2025
    President Donald Trump is often in the headlines for the millions of dollars taxpayers spend to fund his golf trips, but he’s far from the only one en...
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    A civil war carried on by other means
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    A civil war carried on by other means
    May 29, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — He was not a philosopher MAGA would read, but he was also not a philosopher mainstream liberals would read. And not just because th...
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    Remembering the little things
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion, Outdoors, ...
    Remembering the little things
    May 29, 2025
    I walked by Jane’s photo and stopped, captivated by those green, slightly mocking eyes smiling out at me. Unbidden memories surged to the surface and ...
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    The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
    May 28, 2025
    The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
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    Changing times require flexibility
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Changing times require flexibility
    May 28, 2025
    I have always been something of a planner. That’s good, right? If you can map out a strategy or set up some steps to achieve a goal, it can’t hurt. Th...
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    Other Voices: Why cut PSU campuses?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Other Voices: Why cut PSU campuses?
    May 28, 2025
    Across Pennsylvania, people are rightly questioning the Penn State board of trustees’ closure decision and considering how to reverse it. In addition ...
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    Globalizing the Intifada
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Globalizing the Intifada
    May 27, 2025
    It takes depravity, not to mention stupidity, to believe that shooting an unarmed couple in the back as they stand at a crosswalk is somehow going to ...
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    Boost SNAP to make healthy eating easier
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Boost SNAP to make healthy eating easier
    May 27, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it harder for poor Americans to buy unhealthy food. Togethe...
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    Harvard elites play victim card
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Harvard elites play victim card
    May 27, 2025
    BOSTON (TNS) — Harvard elites are now trying to play the victim in their battle against President Donald Trump, but the rich snobs are proving to be t...
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    $750 billion in annual fraud?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    $750 billion in annual fraud?
    May 27, 2025
    A former Government Accountability Office executive recently told 60 Minutes she believes the federal government loses $550 billion to $750 billion to...
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    Damage from Biden’s Gaza pier
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Damage from Biden’s Gaza pier
    May 26, 2025
    Taxpayers should already be familiar with the $230 million cost to build a Gazan pier for humanitarian assistance — which began falling apart almost i...
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    Midway along the Appalachian Trail, weary thru-hikers find refuge and an ice cream challenge
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Midway along the Appalachian Trail, weary thru-hikers find refuge and an ice cream challenge
    By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press 
    June 21, 2025
    GARDNERS (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a ...
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    Call before donating yearbooks
    Lifestyles
    Call before donating yearbooks
    June 21, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I am writing on the topic of donating yearbooks as a former board member of a local historical society. Please advise your readers to co...
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    Husband dismisses calls to help out more at home
    Lifestyles
    Husband dismisses calls to help out more at home
    June 21, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I was once a stay-at-home wife. I did all the cooking, housekeeping, etc. Due to a downturn in the industry where my husband was a highly p...
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    ‘Round the Square: Toodles!
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Toodles!
    June 21, 2025
    WORDS: Once upon a time, a spinster was a woman who spun thread for a living, a villain was a farmhand or peasant and "nice" meant foolish or gullible...
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    Weather pattern change sets up high heat, humidity
    Local News
    Weather pattern change sets up high heat, humidity
    Sara Furlong 
    June 21, 2025
    After an especially wet and mostly dreary spring, the region will finally see a changing weather pattern in the next few days. Much warmer temperature...
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    Minor Softball All-Stars
    Local Sports
    Minor Softball All-Stars
    Jo Wankel 
    June 20, 2025
    Photo provided The Bradford Regional Little League Minor Softball All-Stars are, from left, Ryla Holzwarth, MacKenzie Wells, Rilynn Priest, Jillian Cl...
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