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Opinion

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To Youngstown city officials, led by city Finance Director Kyle Miasek, for recently receiving a clean audit with no findings for recovery of misspent funds. This audit covering all of 2023 represents the third audit in as many years that the city has had an exemplary report from the ...

She’s ashamed to be an American right now

DEAR EDITOR: For the first time in my 89 years, I am ashamed to be an American. I can’t believe in less than 300 years we have let this great nation no longer stand for “We the People” under God. God hasn’t abandoned us as a nation, we have abandoned God. I only hope that we ...

Sound off!

Millcreek metroparks board of commissioners consists of 5 members each serving a 3 year term. At the end of each term an application process is to be published to the public by the Probate Judge who appoints the commissioner. No applications were published for this or last year and the Judge ...

Shop locally for holidays, all year long

Circle your calendars now for next Saturday, Nov. 30. On that day, the Mahoning Valley will join the rest of the nation in celebrating Small Business Saturday. It’s a celebration too big and too good to pass up. Geared to the start of the holiday shopping season and coming on the heels of ...

Energy Dept. decisions threaten Youngstown

DEAR EDITOR: I’m not interested in my taxpayer dollars funding more pollution in our state. Are you? The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $182 million in conditional taxpayer-funded loans for an Erie, Pa., plant that would turn plastic waste into pellets to be used in blast ...

Loyal to Trump? Then you’re hired

It is clear that President-elect Donald Trump values loyalty, perhaps above all else. How else can we explain some of his puzzling Cabinet nominations? It seems that Trump is bent on avoiding what happened in his first term, when the political newcomer made some choices that wound up coming ...