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What is a hero?

The other day, I read a quote that got me thinking about what it means to be an American. It's a quote by Bob Dylan: “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility...

June 08, 2024 Letters to the Editor

What to expect from second Trump presidency?

What could we expect from a second presidential term for Donald Trump? Instead of looking at what he promises now, it would be better to look at what he promised and deli...

June 08, 2024 Letters to the Editor

Senate resolution on Marc Fogel a good sign

On Wednesday, June 5, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of Marc Fogel, the Butler native who has been held in a Russian pr...

June 08, 2024 Our Opinion

Renfrew post office needed

I read the story on the Renfrew post office. Well, I am not one of those people who are patient because they are working on it. I live right by the post office, so unles...

June 08, 2024 Letters to the Editor

American flag a symbol of unity in a divided nation

Flag Day is observed annually on June 14, commemorating the adoption of the American flag by the Second Continental Congress in 1777. This day is rooted in a desire to ho...

June 08, 2024 Other Voices

Trump being treated unfairly

As we near the November presidential election, it's a full-court press to stop President Donald Trump by any means. The biased mainstream media and strategically picked ...

June 08, 2024 Letters to the Editor

Negro Leagues players finally enter the MLB record books

Baseball fans are obsessed with statistics. Memorizing them; sifting them; inventing new ones. For a true seamhead, if the ballpark is a cathedral, then record books are ...

June 07, 2024 Other Voices

A lemonade stand pouring out hope

According to the American Cancer Society, about 9,620 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer this year. St. Jude’s Children’s Res...

June 07, 2024 Our Opinion

The lack of what was needed on D-Day

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, I was 12 years old. Not old enough for military service, but old enough to read the papers and follow the events of the war. At that time, I had f...

June 06, 2024 Letters to the Editor

Why we commemorate D-Day, 80 years later

The former Western allies will shortly begin commemorating the 80th anniversary of their greatest World War II achievement, the June 6 landings in Normandy, forever famed...

June 06, 2024 Other Voices

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