Breaking News

Opinion

Ask a Trooper

Local Columns

Question: In my community and on my daily commute I encounter two roundabouts each morning, others that I work with will encounter three roundabouts in less than five minutes. Please use your platform to remind drivers how to safely and properly use a roundabout. I see, almost on a daily basis, drivers physically stop their vehicle for other drivers that have not even entered the roundabout. They'll allow multiple vehicles to traverse the roundabout before they even attempt to enter the roundabout. This creates a very dangerous situation as my assumption is that the vehicle will slow to ...

We must not let go

Local Columns

There are a lot of conversations/writings about the surge of AI technology in today's society. Let it be noted right away that I'm not a fan of this technology. Yes, I have a bunch to learn about it, and my feelings are maybe a bit immature at this time. However, I'm a proponent of individual thinking based on primary research. That research and thinking connects each of us as a human being. I believe AI, as neat as it can be, reduces our human connections. Rather than going into a library to dig through historic and current information (Yes, that can be done online, too). AI wants ...

Favors returned

Local Columns

Memorial Day weekend, and the unofficial start of summer, more and more finds me on the move. As friends’ kids grow up, graduate, get married, and my own — a bit younger — find themselves loose for summer; our activities shift, our travels increase, and the era of spending three days and ...

The Mandalorian adventure

Community Voices

My first movie theater experience happened when my three older sisters let me tag along to see the flick Yours, Mine and Ours. Not the 2005 version starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. I may have been a late bloomer, but I wasn’t that late. I mean the movie that featured silver screen legends Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball. That flick premiered in 1968, which means that I was 10 years old. My iPhone calculator tells me that this was 58 years ago. I can’t be that old! Besides, my wife is constantly saying that I act like a juvenile. Yours, Mine and Ours is the story of a widower ...

Time to address wealth inequality

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Wealth inequality in the United States has reached levels that should concern every American. While millions of working families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and higher education, while a small percentage of the population continues to accumulate enormous wealth at a historic pace. Hard work should provide stability and opportunity, yet many full-time workers live paycheck to paycheck. At the same time, large corporations and the wealthiest Americans often benefit from tax loopholes and economic policies that widen the gap between rich and ...

Graduation: A time for well chosen words of wisdom

Community Voices

Under normal daily circumstances most people aren’t inclined to give advice because they don’t want to seem like a “know it all”. The graduation season in May is often an exception to the rule, especially for people my age and older. We enjoy seeing grandchildren of relatives and close friends take an important step toward being an adult. We want to help them in a small way. For that reason we will sometimes say a few words about our own experiences in life, things we’ve learned over the years. There’s a scene from the 1967 movie The Graduate in which a graduation ...