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Opinion

Support our local small businesses today and always

Despite pesky inflation, mass layoffs and high interest rates, American retailers have great expectations at the starting gate to the 2025 holiday shopping spree. In fact, the National Retail Federation predicts this will be our nation’s first $1 trillion Christmas-buying frenzy. Clearly, ...

Mayor-elect McDowell making good decisions

DEAR EDITOR: The Nov. 18 Vindicator story on Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell was very encouraging. McDowell has demonstrated wisdom in your choosing to consider keeping Community Planning and Economic Development Director Nikki Fields, Law Director Lori Shells Simmons, Finance Director Kyle ...

Sound off!

On Nov. 7, 2025 I filed a civil complaint in Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas against the Boardman Township Trustees et. al. Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, a Boardman resident, will be presiding at trial should sides fail to agree on a settlement and / or Judge Krichbaum dismisses the suit. As ...

The deer-kill numbers aren’t adding up

DEAR EDITOR: I was at a Metroparks meeting Oct. 10th and received some interesting information that I would like to share. It was reported in The Vindicator last week that 67 deer had been slaughtered. The ODNR previously stated to the park director, Aaron Young, 50 deer was the limit to ...

RFK Jr. one of Trump’s biggest mistakes

DEAR EDITOR: 47 is not a scholar. He has no knowledge of science, medicine, or infectious disease. This was apparent by his words and misconduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. He countered the advice of scientists and infection disease experts as thousands died of COVID during the early months ...

The embarrassments of ideology

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a euphemism for a rigid racialist theology. It deductively postulates that a large percentage of the population is oppressed by racism and sexism, mostly by white males. DEI makes no allowance for the class or wealth of the alleged victims or their ...