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No need for a third

Editor: It is a shame that our history is being destroyed. History is important and should be preserved. Our whole county is rich in history and could be a busy area for travelers and history buffs bringing in tourist dollars for the county. We have a number of historical buildings and the historical facts behind them in this county. Why are we keeping all this a secret and destroying these buildings? We need businesses in the downtown area and should capitalize on our history. Lisbon is the county seat and should not be a ghost town. Even at Christmas time, it is the ...

Letters to the editor

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Lisbon first

Editor: I am the executive director of the Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce and I have lived in Lisbon all my life. I truly believe in our town and I try hard to promote it. This week I will be taking a couple of new people around who are interested in starting a new business in our historic village. We have seen many businesses come and go. We also have some businesses that have been around as long as I can remember, but we must support them. They need our business to keep them here. We must think of Lisbon first. If you check and it’s not here, then go to Boardman or ...

Land of the free, home of the cool

Editor: Colorful Christmas lights lining Main Street reflect in the beautifully decorated storefronts to be enjoyed by all traveling to the local high school. It’s Friday night and the high school gymnasium is filled with enthusiastic fans ready for a basketball game between two local rival teams. The pep band prepares to play our National Anthem, the crowd quiets down and the Star Spangled Banner begins. This is a Norman Rockwell moment in the finest form. Then — that Americana moment is gone. There, on the shiny basketball court, the cheerleaders stand as if part of a ...

No discount

Editor: Over the holiday, I had the pleasure of visiting Bye & Bye Hardware, a cornerstone business of Lisbon’s historic downtown. Adding to the charm of the painted tin ceilings, swinging ladder shelves and helpful employees who have known my family for years were homemade cookie trays, punch and the smell of candles burning. This quaint and cozy feeling can only be felt in these family-owned businesses in the village where I’m proud to have grown up. But just a five-minute drive up Market Street will quickly dissolve your feelings of small-town charm. While a ...

Postal praise­

Editor: I marvel at how expeditiously our postal department moves the hundreds of million pieces of mail and packages during the Christmas season. When I was a boy growing up in East Palestine, I remember the mailman delivering my official Gene Autry sheriff’s badge, which I had sent for along with a Kellogg’s Cornflakes box top and 25 cents. As I recall, in those days the mail was delivered twice a day. When my father bought out a couple underground coal mines in Pike County, Ky., we settled in a remote hollow called Harmon’s Branch. An elderly man named Ira ...