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Imagine rolling into your driveway tonight and parking a 1999-model sedan. Back in the day when you brought it from the showroom, its chrome glistened. Its big, powerful engine purred like a kitten. T...

We’ve all heard the maxim that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. State Sen. Dawn Keefer’s plan to wipe out school property taxes statewide fits squarely in that space, somewhere...

Over the last few weeks, some local municipalities have been kicking around the question of whether local police should help enforce federal immigration laws. In communities once dominated by faces co...

There’s something that’s familiar about Pennsylvania’s newest budget, a $50.8 billion spending plan that arrived fashionably late. We’ve heard it all before — these claims of fiscal responsibility and...

The fireworks have faded and the parade floats have been stored. The crowds that gathered to catch a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the behemoth “Big Boy” locomotive have left the station. From Walnutp...

As the area joins the nation in celebrating its 250th anniversary, it might be worth mentioning that if it weren’t for a decision made in New Jersey, many of us Pennsylvanians might be Connecticut Yan...

In many places around the region in the last few weeks, the rockets’ red glare has already begun to fill the night skies. And as the celebration of America’s 250th birthday continues, the snap, crackl...

There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance staff keeping buildings clean and safe and making small chang...

It’s not good news that for taxpayers in the Palmerton Area School District, who’ll be footing the bill for a 4.7% tax increase to cover rising expenses in the 2026-27 budget. What makes it worse is t...