To the editor: My letter of thanks to all the generous people who donated money for the East Liverpool Diamond Christmas Tree (like the one in Columbiana). I started out early many, many mornings and knocked on many, many doors with a picture in my hand and a hopeful smile on my 92-year-old ...
To the editor: In regards to the recent letter to the editor from Ellen Burlingame, I definitely agree. Show the film about the Holocaust to the children of today. They have no idea what it was like and what really happened. We must never forget! The inumane things they did to the Jews was ...
Dear Governor: I am writing to respectfully request your personal oversight and intervention in the proposed closure of the Salem, Ohio Office of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, serving a population of over 20,000 if you include the contiguous ...
To the editor: Recently received my water/sewer/refuse/storm water bill from the ELO water department. For any of your readers that don’t care to do the math, the city has recently passed along a 45.9% increase on our water rates. I guess they can raise our rates whenever they feel the need ...
To the editor: I have been following the recent news regarding the most current annexation issues between the City of Salem and the Perry Township Trustees. This, in my mind, boils down to whether or not deed restrictions on approximately 33 township properties — created 27 years prior, ...
To the editor: I remember when my aunt and uncle went back to college to earn their university degrees. At 55, my aunt decided to go back to college to earn a bachelor’s degree. My uncle always told her, you’re going to get older anyway, so why not earn a degree. Many times, we look at ...
To the editor: Gas prices are on the minds of a majority of Ohioans in one way or another. The number you see at the pump can impact everything from your commute to work, to a vacation, and ultimately your family’s budget. However, many people may not know what all controls those gas prices ...
To the editor: Help!!! Mobile Meals of Salem, Ohio is providing meals to over 45 clients. We are in desperate need of drivers. If you can help in any way, please call 330-332-2160. GEOFFREY S. GOLL, President, Mobile Meals of Salem
To the editor: When I was in my senior year of high school in 1964, the whole school was shown film of the horrible things done to Jewish people in Hitler’s regime. Men and women so skinny you couldn’t tell their gender, headed off of train cars, naked, marched into trenches and shot ...
To the editor: The Ohio Senate recently passed SB 168, a bill that allows people with a master’s degree in any subject who can pass a content area exam to become a teacher. Anyone who has gone to college can attest to the fact that a person with great intelligence is not necessarily adept ...