Safety forces lauded

July 24, 2016

Dear Editor:In these times when there is so much negative reaction to law enforcement and other community responders, may I share with the tri-state area how blessed those of us are who live in Newell.About 12:45 am on Tuesday, a very large portion of Hancock County was plunged into darkness. Within the next half-hour, our Volunteer Fire Department rolled out the big truck and started patrolling the community. Not long after that I saw the Hancock County sheriff deputies joined them. This continued throughout the night, until power was restored.A big thanks to them. They do a wonderful ...

Pokemon welcome

July 17, 2016

Dear Editor:From all reports, we are about to embark on a new phenomenon, craze or experience. As for me, I have to scroll down a long way to find my year of birth when requested on those computer questionnaires. That is another way of saying I have seen many such fads come and go. Society has survived every one of them so far. Often we even enjoyed the experience. Pokemon Go is simply the latest of harmless diversions to catch the interest of young people. Distractions from daily life can replace monotony and even give us reason to smile a little from time to time.Our local newspaper ...

Roadwork needed

July 10, 2016

Dear Editor:I have seen the city repair some streets that needed addressed, and I am now asking for help from the mayor and safety service director to please fix Henry Avenue and Davis Street.These streets are worse than many the city has repaired. It is impossible not to hit huge holes. Today I had to spend $50 to repair a muffler and clamps that were destroyed because of the horrid holes in city roads.Don't tell me, once again, that only a small portion pay taxes - I do and have for over 50 years. The city needs to quit wasting the funds we have on silly stuff we can do without and ...

In her honor

July 3, 2016

Dear Editor:Gwen Blake, 23, a daughter, sister, aunt and mother, was involved in a fatal car accident on Saturday, June 28, 2014, in East Liverpool. In the efforts to save her life, she was life-flighted to Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, where she received multiple blood transfusions.Gwen was always full of life. She loved to help people and would do anything to make someone else happy or smile. The love she had for her family was, and is, easy to see. Besides her parents, Gary and Kathleen Blake Jr., and siblings, Gary III, Axl, Ali, Ryan and John, she also left behind three ...

Shelter thanked

July 3, 2016

Dear Editor:"Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals." - Milan Kundera.Gandhi said, briefly and clearly, "The greatest of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."I have heard nothing but good of the Hancock County Animal Shelter. As a lifetime pet owner I sincerely thank them.Carol ChaffeeEast Liverpool

Need some answers

July 3, 2016

Dear Editor:I am writing this letter concerning events occurring in Hancock County. I am trying to understand what is happening between the Hancock County Animal Shelter Foundation and the Hancock County commissioners.An article in The Review, dated June 9, 2016, by reporter Stephen Huba, explained the proposed contract. Written by the Commissioners' attorney, Michael Lucas III, the contract differed from the previous contracts in recent years, including the citing of a section of West Virginia code involving euthanasia.I called the commissioners office several times and received no ...