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Opinion

An appeal to vote and recap of our endorsements

Editorials

It’s sad to say, but Tuesday promises to be yet another sleepy election day throughout the Mahoning Valley. Officials at boards of election in Mahoning and Trumbull counties and the Ohio secretary of state’s office project abysmally low levels of voter participation. Estimates from ...

Leaders must make decorum, respectful discourse priority

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to express my deep concern about the unprofessional conduct that has become commonplace at the weekly commissioner meetings. Public time, designated for constructive dialogue regarding “the goo d of Trumbull County,” is being misused for berating commissioners. ...

YSU must stay vigilant to aid EGCC refugees

Editorials

After several years of failing financial health and subpar care, Eastern Gateway Community College in Youngstown and Steubenville finds itself on life support, waiting for its final plug to be pulled in two short months. With its demise, thousands of EGCC students could find themselves left ...

Bringing ex-Lordstown GM workers back a good thing

Greg Macafee

Last week, former General Motors Lordstown Assembly plant employees, who are still active with the company, were given details of how they can transfer back to Lordstown and work at the battery-cell factory, Ultium Cells. What a pleasant piece of news for workers who were forced to transfer ...

5 years since Lordstown complex closure

Guest Columnists

On March 6, 2019, just over five years ago, my life, along with my family’s, was entirely uprooted when the General Motors plant in Lordstown closed. While living in Youngstown, I worked at the plant for 41 years alongside my wife before I retired in 2018. My wife, on the other hand, still ...