Lights, camera, action in city neighborhoods
No one knows for sure how much video cameras and bright lights deter criminals from their activities.
But we’re pretty sure criminals do their best work in darkness and anonymity.
So the city administration’s plans to install surveillance cameras and brighter and more lights in some Williamsport neighborhoods - announced anew this week - can do nothing but help.
There are, of course, other issues that contribute to crimes in the city, particularly those relating to violence and drugs. There needs to be tighter control of rental housing and continued vigilance to keep our schools from becoming nesting grounds for violence and drug-related crime.
But improved street lighting and surveillance cameras in selected neighborhoods are solid, on-the-ground weapons against local crime.
The Chesapeake cleanup: Large costs for small municipalitiesl
Complying with the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Initiative could cost the Montgomery $11.7 million, officials said at the borough’s Tuesday meeting.
That’s the tiny borough of Montgomery. And that’s $11.7 million.
Simple math illustrates turnpike opportunity
Do the math. The existing Act 44 funding plan pushed through the state House last year calls for $450 million a year to be generated by the turnpike to fund road and bridge repairs as well as transit needs.
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Regardless of the November election outcomes, this region will be losing some influential representation.
Congressman John Peterson, state Sen. Roger A. Madigan and state Rep. Steven W.
Failures of construction projects in Iraq troubling
Reconstruction projects undertaken in Iraq by private companies working for the U.S. government seem to have been a success, in general. But failures — including some labeled as successes — are troubling.
» Full StoryHopefully, Cinema Center is just the start downtown
The opening of the Cinema Center on West Fourth Street is the most visible evidence of a revitalized downtown Williamsport.
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CTL Theatre Troupe @ Stevens
Girl's on the Run@Lyter
District IV AA Track and Field
Annunciation Fair
Bellefonte Softball V Somerset
Salvation Army Lunch
Williamsport vs Phillipsburg B
Rowley House Tour