To the editor: The Mifflin County Farm Bureau is hosting our general election Meet the Candidates Night at 7 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the Mifflin County High School. We have invited candidates for Mifflin County Prothonotary, Mifflin County District Attorney, Mifflin County Commissioner, Mifflin ...
Not all whistleblowers are involved in the attempt to impeach President Donald Trump. Some are worried about a more critical matter — the safety of airline passengers. Ethiopian Airlines former chief engineer, Yonas Yeshanew, is seeking asylum in the United States after resigning from his ...
To the editor: As the coordinator of the Mifflin County Historical Society Goose Day Team Trivia event, I would like to thank the following: Harve McCardle and The Boulevard Station Car Wash and John Pannizzo and the Downtown OIP and Grille for sponsoring the event, Lynne Weaver of the Logan ...
Are leaders in Congress unable to walk and chew gum at the same time? That is, are they capable of multitasking on major issues? Some are speculating they are not. Recall that just a few weeks ago, in the wake of more mass murders, lawmakers vowed to debate steps to reduce the likelihood of ...
It has been suggested by some that the current scare over e-cigarettes is overblown. Though hundreds of Americans have been hospitalized with respiratory ailments linked to “vaping” and a few have died, calls to ban the products are not realistic, critics say. But there is a valid, ...
George Orwell called it “Newspeak.” We often laugh at the way government redefines the meaning of words, and “Fair Pay to Play,” the recently passed California law that is now being discussed in our state legislature, certainly turns the dictionary on its ear. Athletes choose ...
Many sponsors made Ag Education Tour successful To the editor: The Ag Education Tour Planning Committee wishes to take this opportunity to thank the many sponsors and volunteers that made the first Juniata County Ag Education Tour the tremendous success it was for the county’s fourth ...
Fans of “alternative energy” — more on the quote marks in a moment — have begun worrying aloud about President Donald Trump’s aversion to wind power. They fear it will affect federal energy policy. It should not, of course, though it did during former President Barack Obama’s ...
To the editor: After reading the letter from Diane Logan published on Oct. 1 in The Sentinel, all I could say was what utter nonsense. Yet again she makes the asinine claim that I am a hater of Christians. She could not be further from the truth even if she tried to be. She then mentions ...
Gov. Tom Wolf says “Pennsylvania is ready for this.” He is referring to the legalization of recreational use of marijuana, which he says the Pennsylvania General Assembly should go forward with. We do not share his sentiments and hope the leaders of the Republican majority in the ...