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Please no single trash hauler in Lisbon

Letters To The Editor

Please, Lisbon Council, drop any further consideration of passing legislation for a single trash hauler in the village. I suspect a majority of residents are opposed to the idea, preferring to choose their own hauler and respecting the tradition of free enterprise among competing companies. I greatly respect and admire our hard-working mayor and have no “beef” with any council member, despite whether I voted for him or her. They make decisions based on what they feel is best. Proponents say having a single hauler will mean all trash bins will be put out and removed ...

Sometimes, the signs are there: Recognizing when someone may be struggling

Local Columns

When someone we care about is struggling, it is not always easy to know what they are going through. A person may not come right out and say that they are thinking about suicide. Instead, the signs may appear in the things they say, the way they act, or changes happening in their life. Knowing what to look for can give family members, friends, coworkers, and others an opportunity to step in, offer support, and help someone find the resources they need. Warning signs often appear as changes that are new or unusual for the person. They may follow a painful event, a major loss, or another ...

Data centers generate much needed property tax revenue

Letters To The Editor

Columbiana County has never been handed anything. The people who built this region did it with their hands, their backs, and a willingness to show up every day for industries that weren't always glamorous but were always real. The steel mills, the pottery works, the oil and gas fields gave families here a foothold. When those industries declined, the communities that depended on them felt it in ways that Columbus and Cleveland never quite understood. Appalachian Ohio knows what it looks like when an industry leaves, because we’ve lived it. But we also know what it looks like when the ...

Of kittens and kings

Local Columns

“You have to write a column about Cammie,” pleaded my wife. “We have to find a good home for her.” “Absolutely not. My column is a forum for serious issues, not for advertising to adopt your favorite foster kitten.” So today we shall take a peek at conflicts between European ...

The end of Worshrag’s Pumpkin Patch?

Local Columns

If one lives long enough, there comes a time when the children, as lovingly as possible, take the car keys away. Thankfully I’m not there yet with the driving thing, not quite, but I am being told by my wife and children that the time has come to scale back Worshrag’s Pumpkin ...