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Credit Card Competition Act a common-sense bill backed by Moreno

Letters To The Editor

Dear Editor: Ohio’s families and small businesses are that much closer to seeing some financial relief thanks to Senator Bernie Moreno’s recent decision to become a cosponsor of the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). We’re glad to have an elected official putting Main Street’s concerns over Wall Street’s bottom line. For businesses already stretched thin by other operational expenses, the swipe fees charged on each credit card transaction accumulate rapidly and are a major burden on local shops. As a result, many owners pass that burden down to their customers through ...

A sincere compliment is golden

Local Columns

“Nice can opener, mister!” said the small boy in front of me as I joined the line at the diving board. The compliment went straight to my heart. It was so pleasing and unexpected I probably blushed. “Thanks, kid,” is what I probably should have replied, but instead I stuttered, ...

Hoopies and their clever, frugal tools

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A few days ago as I was using duct tape to make a permanent repair to a string trimmer, it occurred to me that I have never given serious scholarly attention to the topic of hoopie tools. I have written on hoopie history, migration, culture (if you can call it that), dialect, humor, foods, ...

Sorting potatoes with Forrest Gump

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Spread out on a thin tarp and covered with old blankets to keep them from the light, my 2026 crop of Irish potatoes had been drying for five days on the floor of our barn. I was tired and in no mood for more strenuous work, like fighting the other main crop in my garden, weeds. Sorting ...

Action requested to address dangerous intersection in Perry Township

Letters To The Editor

Editor's Note: The following is a letter submitted to the Columbiana County commissioners and state Rep. Monica Robb-Blasdel. For years I have lived at the four-way intersection of state Route 344 and Cunningham Road in Perry Township. Sitting at the table, I see accidents all the time. A recent head-on, car versus semi disaster violently claimed the life of a woman who doesn’t seem to have seen the approaching semi. There is something about the visibility of this intersection that renders it so frequently dangerous. Let’s prevent future deaths, injuries, screaming, smashed ...