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Opinion

Our opinion: Adding some time to commute

Our Opinion

It’s understandable that riverfront business owners in Warren would be nervous about how use of city-owned property as staging areas for the roundabout and a major downtown construction project will impact them. But, just like the rest of us, they will have to make the best of a screwy ...

Readers Speak

Letters To Editor

‘Embarrassing’ behavior Dear Editor, Our city bulldozed through the process of hiring a city manager and pushed through a lease without notifying impacted businesses. We ignore our public when they disagree and speak up at meetings — over and over again. Emails from Bent Run and ...

Human actions can take tremendous toll on our wildlife

Local Commentaries

I was reminded the other day of the sad toll we take as motorists on the animals with which we share our environment. I was returning to our Boardman home on Glenwood Avenue after a short walk in nearby Mill Creek Park, which borders the avenue, when I noticed a crouched cat right in the ...

St. Monica had way of bridging gap of generations

Local Commentaries

Editor’s note: This saint series will feature a saint and how he or she is a meaningful example for us today. Pope Francis wrote that “the saints help all the faithful” for “their lives are concrete proof that it is possible to put the Gospel into practice.” St. Monica and St. ...

Our opinion: Don’t neglect the nation’s railroads

Our Opinion

It’s beginning to look as though our neglect of the nation’s railway infrastructure is catching up with us. After a recent series of unsettling incidents in Ohio involving Norfolk Southern Corp., CSX Transportation is now dealing with a derailment and subsequent diesel fuel spill into the ...

A simpler time in ’60s

Local Commentaries

This week I want you to think back to the 1960s with me. If you were not around, you just may learn a thing or two about that era. If you lived through them, I hope they bring good memories. A couple weeks ago a quiz show that I watch had all things from the 1960s as their questions. It ...