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North East Borough Sunset Cam Back in Operation

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Great news! The North East Borough live sunset camera at Freeport Beach is up and running again after several months of downtime. I know a lot of you check it out every day and North East transplants currently living elsewhere love to see it. Thank you to the Borough personnel who fixed it. It’s much […]

The NE School District’s Battle with Cyber Charter Schools Heats Up

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Cyber charter schools from the NESD perspective Over the last two NE School District board meetings, Assistant Superintendent Brian Emick presented a great deal of information about cyber charter schools. The presentations emphasized how expensive cyber charter schools across Pennsylvania are and how any student in our district choosing to attend one of those schools […]

“End DEI” Portal Launched by Department of Education – NESD Must Act Now

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Two weeks ago, the US Department of Education notified school districts they have 14 days to remove all DEI programming in all public schools. Institutions which fail to comply may face a loss of federal funding. Well, time’s up. Yesterday, the US Department of Education announced an “End DEI” portal. … the U.S. Department of […]

PA Government Standing in the Way of Broadband Expansion

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You may remember back in 2023 when I brought up the issue of Pennsylvania’s so called “broadband deserts.” The term applies to those areas of the state where residents have no easily accessible broadband connection to the internet. The federal government has allocated over $1 billion to PA to expand broadband, yet there hasn’t been […]

You Need to Pay Attention to This Year’s Pennsylvania Elections

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There is a lot going on this year in Pennsylvania’s elections. Locally we have 4 school board seats on the ballot which should be of interest to everyone in North East, but statewide there’s a lot to focus on, too. You will have a vote on whether or not to retain three Supreme Court Justices, […]

President Trump Calls for National Paper Ballot Elections with Voter ID

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In the sidebar of this site, I’ve had these two quotes about voting for at least the last four years: “… one man, one vote, in person, on Election Day, in public, with ironclad voter identification. Absentee ballots should be limited to overseas military personnel only; if you’re out of town or even the country, […]

NE School Board Meeting Runs 3 Hours in Long and Often Contentious Session

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You should have been there. The school board meeting Thursday evening, 2-20-25, covered a wide range of topics and ran over three hours in length. Anyone interested in recent issues and controversies would have found the discussion and comments from the administration, the board and the public enlightening, frustrating and concerning. Hmm … where to […]

Waste Management Automating Thousands of Jobs

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If you, like many of us in North East, had problems with Waste Management recently and for those of you who still do, there have been some developments. It appears the company is planning to eliminate about 5000 jobs through automation by 2026. Many positions have a high attrition rate, like the guy on the […]