Breaking News

Letters to the Editor

Applauds process used by trustees, commissioners

To the editor: I firmly believe in a landowner’s right to make decisions for their own property until those decisions lower their neighbor’s property values, destroy their neighbor’s quality of life and ability to sell their property if desired. The current process that the township trustees and the county commissioners are using to restrict or approve windmills and solar projects in townships protects landowner rights and citizens of our community, and I applaud them for their actions. The previous process to allow windmills was held at the statehouse in Columbus and ...

Not a big fan of the Republican Party

To the editor: Here we go again. Dave Johnson and his minions singing the greatness of a loser like Donald Trump Jr. His daddy was the worst president this country had ever seen and that includes George W. Bush. Yes, this county is red but that will change if the Republican keeps on the same path. The young voters will put you in your place. They want change and you refuse to do so. We need people like Jim Jordon and Bill Johnson to be gone. Neither one has done anything for this country for years but set on their behind doing nothing but complaining how bad things but won’t do ...

Norfolk Southern should be buying residential properties

To the editor: It is a common understanding in the retail industry that “if you break it, you buy it.” That same principle applies to a community destroyed by a reckless corporation as well as a community broken by a careless customer. The overdue bill owed by Norfolk Southern for its wanton destruction of East Palestine is a hefty one that far exceeds the $387 million claimed lost in its 1st Quarter Report on the “Eastern Ohio Incident.” However, not a dollar has been paid so far to directly compensate property owners for their colossal loss of value. Making matters worse is ...

‘Pennies for Paws’ helps Humane Society

To the editor: A million. Pretty big number. Even a half-million! But that is how many pennies our wonderful elementary students of Columbiana County collected for the Humane Society in the first annual ‘Pennies for Paws” last year. By the way, $5,000, if you’re still moving the decimal point. This year’s drive is up and running and we’re hoping for even more. Maybe a million, probably not, but as Jerry Lewis used to say in his MD telethon “Just one dollar more.” Depending on the individual schools and their schedules, some campaigns have started while others will start ...

A big ‘thank you’ from an East Palestine resident

To the editor: This letter again is about the February 3rd train accident in East Palestine although it might be slightly different than some others. My family has lived in East Palestine for a long time and I chose to raise my children here after living away during their early years because of the sense of community and family. I want to say thank you to all who have been involved in this tragic event from the beginning. Thank you so much to ALL the first responders who came to help the night it happened not knowing what they were responding to. Thank you to the ones who worked ...

Salem voters should pass school levy

To the editor: I am asking the voters in the Salem City School District to please vote yes for the school levy this Tuesday. Our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren deserve the same opportunity that was given to us by our community forefathers. If you look at the new technology and the surrounding atmosphere that is not present today in our older buildings in this school district, you will be amazed at how much better we can do for our children. Our schools can try to address some of the shortcomings of our older buildings but the reality is that they cannot achieve the ...