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Greg Macafee

How excited is too excited for once-in-a-lifetime eclipse?

By now, everyone knows the total solar eclipse is taking place Monday. It will travel on a 110-mile-wide path that will stretch from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Newfoundland, Canada, and Trumbull County, along with a small part of Mahoning County, will be in the path of totality. Being that Ohio was last in the path of totality in 1806, and the state won’t be in it again until 2099, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, I can understand the excitement. The rarity of the event alone makes it exciting. It’s possibly something you’ll only see once in your lifetime, unless ...

Transitioning into a new era at The Vindicator

By now, you have probably heard the news that starting April 6, The Vindicator will debut a brand new “Weekend Edition” that will be delivered to your homes Saturday morning and will remain on newsstands throughout the weekend. I know this transition for our newspaper brings up a lot of questions. What happens to the Sunday paper? Will I still get the TV book? The comics? The Life section? All of these are valid questions and I will try to answer as many of them as I can throughout this column because I know this is a big change. Actually, seeing how we were one of the remaining ...

March Madness takes on a slightly different meaning

Throughout my life, “March Madness” has been a popular term. Since I was young, this time of year would bring several different things. When I was younger, my friends and I would plan how we were going to play hookey and watch the first rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. I always seemed to develop a cough or a stomach ache. One television was never enough either. We would always have at least three or four on to make sure that we had every game covered. We wanted to ingest every second of college basketball that we could during the first two rounds. If we couldn’t ...

Bringing ex-Lordstown GM workers back a good thing

Last week, former General Motors Lordstown Assembly plant employees, who are still active with the company, were given details of how they can transfer back to Lordstown and work at the battery-cell factory, Ultium Cells. What a pleasant piece of news for workers who were forced to transfer ...

The simplest of jobs need to be kept safe

Last Saturday, a 33-year-old Warren man by the name of Jonte Davis was taken far too soon while simply just doing his job. Is this what society has come to these days? Can a mailman driving through the streets of Warren in a U.S. Postal van not be safe? Davis was found around 1:44 p.m. March 2 after Warren city police officers responded to calls of shots fired, according to a police report. Davis was found inside of his U.S. Postal van with a gunshot wound. Officers and EMTs performed life-saving measures before Davis was transported to Trumbull Regional Medical Center, where he ...

I stand with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

Late last week, I had the opportunity to attend an event hosted by the Youngstown Press Club at the DeYor Performing Arts Center in downtown Youngstown to listen to Wall Street Journal assistant Editor Paul Beckett speak about reporter Evan Gershkovich. For those who don’t know, ...