Opinion

This week's good things: Historic promotion, the Talk Tank, a student pianist and kids vs. lanternflies [editorial]

4 hrs ago

THE ISSUE: It’s Monday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some of these items are welcome developments on the economic front or for area neighborhoods. Others are local stories of achievement, perseverance, compassion and…

In praise of health care workers who have served heroically on the COVID-19 front lines and got vaccinated readily to protect us all [editorial]

Oct 17, 2021

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Lancaster city educator Ollie Calloway Jones was a fearless champion of children [editorial]

Oct 16, 2021

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Boy Scouts of America's priorities must be settlement with sexual abuse victims and protecting current Scouts [editorial]

Oct 15, 2021

THE ISSUE: The Pennsylvania Dutch Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which covers Lancaster and Lebanon counties, “would pay $1.05 million into a trust to help compensate tens of thousands of Scouts nationwide who were sexually abused, including 86 in Lancaster and Lebanon counties in pas…

We all must play a role in making Instagram a safer, healthier space for children [editorial]

Oct 14, 2021

THE ISSUE: Following blistering whistleblower testimony to Congress about the ways in which Facebook and especially its photo-sharing app, Instagram, harm children, Facebook “will be introducing several features, including prompting teens to take a break” from Instagram and nudging them if t…