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Landscapers – environmental friend or foe?

Remember those words, “Honey the lawn needs cutting”? Those words are heard less and less as landscape companies are hired to mow one’s lawn on a “regular” basis. That means on “their schedule” not on the “lawn’s schedule”. I live on a street with common land. Over the ...

Hassan will continue to protect us

Regardless of where we live or what we look like, we should all have the freedom to make the best healthcare choices for ourselves and our families. The decision of when and if to become a parent is one of the most important many of us will make in life. If someone you love needs an abortion ...

Hypocrisy or political double-speak?

Hypocrisy is “claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform”. This seems a fitting definition for the introduction of George Hansel’s political campaign for the US House of Representatives. According to Hansel, the centerpiece of his campaign ...

Democrats vs. Republicans

The letter by Di Lothrop (Sunday, June 19) slammed my previous letter of June 12 and demands a response. In my letter, I was merely pointing out that Republicans will blame Biden and any Democrat running in this fall’s elections for high gas prices and inflation in general, yet they won’t ...

Think Republican

The letter by Joe O’Neill of Amherst (Sunday, June 12) defies logic. He pontificates that Republicans are blaming the Biden Administration for the current rate of inflation that Americans are suffering through and it’s all just a ploy for Republicans to win at the polls in November. Joe ...

Prioritize suicide prevention

As suicide continues to be a leading cause of death in the U.S., our members of Congress must make suicide prevention and mental health a national priority. Access to timely, affordable, and quality crisis services can save lives. I lost my sister-in-law, Lindy Hinds LaBarre in July 2013. I ...