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Please no single trash hauler in Lisbon

Please, Lisbon Council, drop any further consideration of passing legislation for a single trash hauler in the village. I suspect a majority of residents are opposed to the idea, preferring to choose their own hauler and respecting the tradition of free enterprise among competing companies. I greatly respect and admire our hard-working mayor and have no “beef” with any council member, despite whether I voted for him or her. They make decisions based on what they feel is best. Proponents say having a single hauler will mean all trash bins will be put out and removed ...

Data centers generate much needed property tax revenue

Columbiana County has never been handed anything. The people who built this region did it with their hands, their backs, and a willingness to show up every day for industries that weren't always glamorous but were always real. The steel mills, the pottery works, the oil and gas fields gave families here a foothold. When those industries declined, the communities that depended on them felt it in ways that Columbus and Cleveland never quite understood. Appalachian Ohio knows what it looks like when an industry leaves, because we’ve lived it. But we also know what it looks like when the ...

Knowledgeable opinion on childhood vaccines can only come from experience of adverse effects

Dear Editor, An extensive amount of controversy has been stated about the decision to give or not to give vaccines to children. Until you experience first-hand the absolute frightening experience of your child having a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine can you knowledgeably express a comment. My child was 15 months old when according to the guidelines of vaccine distribution that a MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) protective vaccine was to be administered. Just days later as my child was rambunctiously playing as 15-month-olds do, he suddenly fell to the floor lifeless! The absolute ...

A starving horse does not suffer less because Ohio calls it livestock

Dear Editor: I am part of Northeast Ohio’s horse community, and I want people to keep paying attention to the Heather Birkmire animal-cruelty case. Five horses are dead. Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino has said necropsies found evidence of starvation and dehydration. Yet the cruelty charges are misdemeanors. Birkmire, the former operator of Pure Gold Stables and Equestrian Center in Salem Township, has pleaded not guilty to five second-degree misdemeanor cruelty counts and four fourth-degree misdemeanor counts involving the disposal of dead animals. Four dead horses were found at the ...

Credit Card Competition Act a common-sense bill backed by Moreno

Dear Editor: Ohio’s families and small businesses are that much closer to seeing some financial relief thanks to Senator Bernie Moreno’s recent decision to become a cosponsor of the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). We’re glad to have an elected official putting Main Street’s concerns over Wall Street’s bottom line. For businesses already stretched thin by other operational expenses, the swipe fees charged on each credit card transaction accumulate rapidly and are a major burden on local shops. As a result, many owners pass that burden down to their customers through ...

Action requested to address dangerous intersection in Perry Township

Editor's Note: The following is a letter submitted to the Columbiana County commissioners and state Rep. Monica Robb-Blasdel. For years I have lived at the four-way intersection of state Route 344 and Cunningham Road in Perry Township. Sitting at the table, I see accidents all the time. A recent head-on, car versus semi disaster violently claimed the life of a woman who doesn’t seem to have seen the approaching semi. There is something about the visibility of this intersection that renders it so frequently dangerous. Let’s prevent future deaths, injuries, screaming, smashed ...