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Opinion

Remembering the work of Ted Frazzini

DEAR EDITOR: It was with great sadness that I read the obituary of Ted Frazzini. Ted was the driving force in initiating girls softball in Canfield. Back in 1978, Ted was successful in receiving permission from the Canfield Baseball Club at McCune Park in Canfield to start a 12-U girls ...

A message from the Twitterer in Chief

DEAR EDITOR: In the dead of night last Friday, the Twitterer in Chief via his own pathetically misnamed internet platform (Truth Social), announced he was attacking Iran. Timing of the announcement provided him leeway to avoid questions why, other than providing distraction from his domestic ...

America engaging in wars of choice

DEAR EDITOR: As the “king of peace” contemplates war on Iran, Cuba, Colombia and who knows where else, he may want to consider hard-learned lessons from past wars; despite an unpopular government, a nation’s citizens will unite furiously against foreign troops on their soil. The bravery ...

Many Mahoning Valley candidates quit races

It’s not that difficult to get on the ballot — though plenty of candidates over the years struggle to qualify. It’s even easier to get off it. All a person who qualifies for the ballot needs to do is submit a letter of withdrawal and they’re no longer a candidate. There’s ...

Don’t get burned by illegal fires during spring

When we skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, that spring forward on the clocks will not be the only reminder we are moving toward brighter, warmer (Soon? We hope? Please?) weather. Forestry officials across our region are reminding us we have also entered the spring fire ban season. From ...

Senate bill would help workers gain necessary skills

Disappointing as much of it is, there is some work being done in Washington, D.C., that will actually make a difference for the rest of us. Ohioans, in fact, can point to the Employer-Directed Skills Act, introduced by U.S. Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, ...