BONDING ISSUE No city help I wonder what York City Councilman Cameron Texter is trying to prove by introducing a bill that was recently passed that would require an elected city treasurer to be bonded 30 days before taking office?   Full Story

PUFF-FREE LANES Better bowling? Recent news reveals that bowlers in Central Pennsylvania have a distinct advantage over bowlers from other parts of the state.   Full Story

SMOKE-FREE PARKS Right move I want to commend Mayor John Brenner for his efforts to ban smoking in our city parks.   Full Story

USE COMMON SENSE Downtown changes I read with much interest The York Dispatch May 1 story on consultant Roger Brooks' report to businesses of downtown York.   Full Story

JUNIOR MISS Pageant thanks The 43rd Annual York County Junior Miss Program was May 3 at Central York High School.   Full Story

Harley eliminates 730 jobs, then less than a month later increases dividends to its shareholders. The median income decreased in this country from 2000 to 2006, while the mean income increased dramatically.   Full Story

An article in the May 1 York Daily Record has state Rep. Nickol pushing a pay raise for teachers and state employee retirees who get an average pension of $20,000 a year.   Full Story

The Genetic Discrimination Act just passed is an atrocity. The correct law would provide jail time, large fines and damages to the affected individual for an insurance company's possession of genetic information.   Full Story

Your recent portrayal of the school property tax "relief" to be provided to local property owners from the state was both deceptive and misleading.   Full Story

Between April 20 late and the early hours of April 22, my son had his pontoon boat parked in their back yard.   Full Story

The York City Council on May 20 is scheduled to consider some much needed -- and some misguided -- changes to policies regarding public use of city parks.   Full Story

Thumbs Up to those dauntless postal employees and members of the National Association of Letter Carriers who Saturday collected donations for food banks in the York County area.   Full Story

So much for the greater York County area being immune to a general decline in housing prices linked to the national mortgage financing crisis.   Full Story

Support throughout the state and nation is growing for Gov. Ed Rendell's attempt to bring Pennsylvania's rules on commercial dog breeding into the 21st century and to crack down on what long has been the state's dirty little secret: puppy mill operations, concentrated mainly in neighboring Lancaster County.   Full Story

Diane Harper, a kindergarten teacher at St. Joseph School in Dallastown, was queen for a day on Friday as one of her quirky teaching methods was highlighted in news stories.   Full Story

Assorted thoughts on assorted subjects: No smoking? A proposal in York would ban smoking in city parks.   Full Story

This is a story you need to tell your teenagers. And hope they listen. Really listen: * * * Derek Shaffner and Eli Mummert met at Northeastern High School.   Full Story

WHITE ROSES: To former York Mayor Charlie Robertson for offering $1,000 to the city to help pay for Hillary Clinton's April visit.   Full Story