Of the last four incumbent City Council members to stand for re-election, three have been defeated: Mayor Mike Brennan, Ed Suslovic and Jon Hinck. Now the City Council is lashing out at Mayor Ethan Strimling, who has made a habit of calling out the least popular policies proposed by City Manager Jon Jennings. Mr. Jennings […]

I am a 70-year-old woman who has read your newspaper for many years, and I have to tell you how appalled I am at the writings of your newspaper regarding President-elect Donald Trump. You have been very negative in your writings and not having any respect for our president-elect. In doing this, you are adding […]

We’ve all seen the photos – boatloads of desperate migrants, refugee children washed up dead on the beach, refugee camps with tents as far as the eye can see. War, conflict and persecution in many parts of the world in recent years have forced over 19 million desperate people to leave their homelands and seek […]

“Upon the subject of education, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.” – Abraham Lincoln Some half a year ago, I was shocked by a harsh reality that shouldn’t be real. Pictures of a tarp placed over a rack of […]