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In Lansford, council has a chance to do something that’s not often seen in local government. They’re considering a low-risk decision that can bring residents a high-value return. On Tu...

Publicly funded construction projects often hire workers from other states, who, rather than pay taxes for local schools and services, take their earnings back home. It’s a problem state Sen. Devlin R...

Bucks County is home to a cruel and primitive practice that most Pennsylvanians believe belongs in the past: live pigeon shoots. At the Philadelphia Gun Club in Bensalem, birds are released from boxes...

If the ominous forecast rings true, your new best friend will be the neighborhood plow guy. Seriously, 12 to 17 inches of snow can be overwhelming to clear from sidewalks and driveways. The hype start...

The voters in Manhattan who elected Mamdani for mayor will soon feel the destructive winds of socialism. Despite Mamdani’s smiling and easygoing persona, the 34-year-old democratic socialist is the he...

Small communities across the nation, the state and even here in Carbon County are staring down a quiet crisis. It seems that fewer and fewer people are willing to step up and serve in municipal govern...

Republican Rob Bresnahan represents Pennsylvania’s 8 Congressional District which includes large parts of Monroe and Luzerne counties and all of Wayne, Lackawanna and Pike. Can he even relate to folks...

Carbon County’s new budget isn’t flashy, but its priorities are pretty straightforward. Its goals: Pay the folks who are actually doing the work, live within taxpayers means’ and cut out the long-empt...

It’s a regular Tuesday night in any of the area’s boroughs, townships or school districts. At their monthly meeting, officials are doing the usual things — paying bills, handling citizen concerns, ma...