Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
I am so tired! But it is a good tired. Yesterday on the road, I wanted to call it “exhaustion,” but that’s such a negative word, especially where ther...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 18, 2025
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Writers always hope for readers and for columnists, that hope is someone will identify with what they offer. This is known as “the u...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 15, 2025
On April 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) to vote in federal elections. This is a bill designed to eliminate fraud ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 15, 2025
Sunday’s arson attack at the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg was more than vandalism: It was an assassination attempt that endangered ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 15, 2025
In March, President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports of steel, aluminum, automobiles, and certain automobile parts. European Union (EU) me...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday was tax day, the deadline for millions of U.S. wage earners to settle up with the federal government. It’s rarely a pleasurable experience. Th...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 11, 2025
I applaud Francis Carloni's recent letter to the editor on the ineptitude of President Donald Trump, and permit me to add a postscript. On April 3, th...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — TheTrump White Houseisn’t responding to queries from reporters who put pronouns in their email signatures. Wait, what? If you’re co...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 11, 2025
Pennsylvania's funding structure for homecare for older and disabled adults puts the commonwealth at a disadvantage with neighboring states, while lea...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 07, 2025
Recently I read a guest commentary written by Judge John Cleland. The focus of his commentary revolved around the efforts of DOGE to reduce the huge b...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 03, 2025
I miss the America I grew up in where people aren't bought and sold politically on a daily basis. As children, our parents stressed the importance of ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 02, 2025
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — I was one of those strange kids in high school who could write well over the mandatory composition word count in English class. I di...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 25, 2025
I had the great privilege of attending the Bradford Area High School presentation of "Willy Wonka" on March 16. Because of the very stormy weather we ...
Opinion
Mar 21, 2025
Remember this song? "Green acres is the place for me … land spreading out so far and wide, keep Manhattan just give me that countryside." I reckon mos...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 25, 2025
Haven't we seen enough of our government agencies to know that Elon Musk and, yes, Donald Trump do not have our best interests in mind? Musk has just ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 25, 2025
Say what you will about the whirlwind first month of Donald Trump’s second term, but even his vocal critics couldn’t accuse him of avoiding the media ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 24, 2025
Two our senators and representatives, What are you doing? I don’t feel safe in this country anymore. The military has weakened. Our health care feels ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 14, 2025
As one of a family of 15, and a mother myself, I think it's necessary to write this, to issue an invitation — on behalf of women in this six-county ma...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 06, 2025
Watch Gov. Josh Shapiro closely during his annual budget address on Tuesday. The governor will lay out his vision for the upcoming year — undoubtedly ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 06, 2025
Every November, OpenTheBooks’ auditors head to PaymentAccuracy.gov to review annual data about improper payments: money the government sends to the wr...
Business, Local News, News
May 16, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
Headlines, Local News, News, ...
May 16, 2025
Tuesday is the primary election. This year, many of the offices up for election have no candidates on the ballot, meaning write-in votes are likely to...
Local News, News
May 16, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. — Bradford, Pa., native Tonie Westlake describes balancing school, work and her personal life as “pure chaos.” It’s understandable. In add...
News, Round the Square
May 16, 2025
IVY: “Leaves of three, let them be.” We’ve likely all heard that old saying about poison ivy. Farmers Almanac Editor Peter Geiger wrote an important a...
Headlines, Local News, News, ...
May 16, 2025
(Editor’s note: Additional elections coverage can be found on page A-3 of today’s edition. Potter County elections information appears in today’s Clas...
