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Opinion

The Valley should build momentum for home building

In one critical area of the city of Youngstown’s identity, things certainly will be looking up come 2025. After decades of slow but steady work to tear down aging, dilapidated, blighted and public health-threatening properties in every quadrant of the city, efforts will begin in earnest ...

Christmas orchids

ORCHID: To Youngstown city officials for their plans to enter into an agreement with Bluelofts Inc. of Dallas to redevelop the nine-story city-owned 20 Federal Place office building in the heart of downtown Youngstown into a 100-unit apartment complex with additional space for retail and ...

Residents, deer need protection from board

DEAR EDITOR: At a recent Mill Creek MetroParks trustee meeting, I was surprised to see that the general public must now go through a metal detector before entering the meeting area. Just out of curiosity, I questioned one of the park policemen as to the necessity of this huge metal framed ...

There is no telling truth from lies these days

DEAR EDITOR: I will never forget the violence, mob brutality and destruction of our nation’s Capitol culminating with death threats against our legislative representatives. I revisit this horror in my mind almost like a nightmare. It was not a nightmare. It was real. Anyone with any form of ...

Sound off! Readers share their thoughts

December 7 Sound Off was typical. Seven letters, five from Democrats belly aching about Trump and his supporters. Same old garbage. All they have left is sour grapes. Maybe you should realize that your party stinks. That’s why you lost. — Canfield I don’t think this Sound Off ...

Republican Party looks the other way on Trump

DEAR EDITOR: I read “…worst, most corrupt and new low ... “ in a 12/14 Vindy op/ed letter and thought someone else finally caught on to 45s true nature. Not so. The writer went on to label Biden with a MAGA fantasy, the tired “crime family” rant, standard red-hat fare that would ...