Published March 19, 2010, 10:50 AM EST
by GIL SMART and CASEY KREIDER
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Politically Speaking
Published March 19, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
by TOM MURSE
Gov. Ed Rendell has an interesting idea for helping Pennsylvania's cash-strapped cities: Start taxing some nonprofits.In an interview with the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, he said cities should push for a narrower definition of charities — one that would exclude, say, hospitals...
Published March 18, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
by JEFF HAWKES
Michele Re, 46, walked out of the state prison at Cambridge Springs on Jan. 10 thinking she had paid her debt to society by spending a year and a day behind bars.The grandmother planned to start over by moving in with her widowed sister in Elkton, Md., finding work and returning to school to study c...
Published March 17, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
by LARRY ALEXANDER
Today I will prove that real life is stranger than this column.Did you read about the 18-year-old high school girl from Mississippi who wanted to bring her girlfriend to her prom?Not only was she not allowed to do that, but officials at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton (motto: "Boldl...
There is no consensus on what the smell is, but there is agreement that it is not coming from the Twizzlers plant.
Published March 16, 2010, 7:50 AM EST
by JACK BRUBAKER, The Scribbler
Well, Dr. Scribblerstinky has opened another can of worms! Last Tuesday's column about the pungent smell wafting in the vicinity of Brubaker Run and Running Pump Road in East Hempfield Township has drawn multiple responses. There is no consensus on what the smell is, but there is agreement tha...
Published March 16, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
by JEFF HAWKES
If you've got a job opening, Shondreya Greggs, 19, is all ears.She wants to work as many hours as possible, and she's open to just about anything promising a steady paycheck."Right now, (the kind of work) doesn't matter," Greggs said. "I just got to help pay bills."Sh...
Published March 14, 2010, 12:02 AM EST
by THE REV. LOUIS A. BUTCHER JR., Sunday's Guest
Is there anything to the adage, "An ounce of prevention ..."? If you speak to health care professionals, they would respond with an enthusiastic, "Absolutely."An affirmative response comes for good reason.We Americans are eating ourselves to death — literally. There is a clear correlation betw...
Published March 14, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
by GIL SMART, Smart Remarks
Over the course of the past few months this space has indulged in what you might call variations on a theme. It's a theme of crisis, and the subsequent crisis of confidence. The stark realization that the United States of America has hit a wall — and who's to blame?"Why do you kee...
Published March 14, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
by MARV ADAMS, Editorially Speaking
Notes, quotes and why did Angela Funk go on national TV to tell her story when she wouldn't speak to local reporters?Funk — the lover of Denver funeral home operator Michael Roseboro, who was convicted of killing his wife, Jan — was the "star" of the "48 Hours Mystery&...
Published March 13, 2010, 8:53 AM EST
by CAROL PETERSEN, New Era
Each year around this time in March, I get a longing to escape to some secluded tropical beach where there is no phone, no fax, no mail service, just peace and quiet and serenity.I am prone to Seasonal Affective Disorder &tstr; SAD &tstr; especially when winter has been as cold and dreary as...
