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ORCHID: To Warren City Councilman Greg Greathouse for his proposed new ordinance that would give preference to local bidders in the awarding of contracts with the city. Greathouse, D-3rd Ward, proposed that the Warren Board of Control award contracts to companies with a presence in Trumbull County if their bid is not more than 5% higher and no more than $20,000 higher than the lowest dollar bid submitted by nonlocal bidders. Though the councilman pulled the proposed legislation from City Council’s most recent meeting for some additional modifications, the move would illustrate the ...

Sound off!

Elections are coming and there are chances to change this Republican dominance made by those who only “follow and speak” Trump’s rules. WE can help people by voting responsibly. WE can bring our Constitution back to relevance, where rules may actually be adhered to and followed honestly. Please get out and VOTE. PLEASE. — Liberty I totally agree with a Warren reader’s complaint about our Community Amphitheatre’s foul, smoke-filled seating. My family hasn’t attended a concert there for several years after we encountered smoke (cigar, cigarette, pot, vapes) everywhere we ...

Color the Valley pink this month to fight cancer

As the first full month of fall begins, awesome colors abound. Vibrant shades of red, orange, green and yellow will soon mix amid the leaf-filled landscape to create a mesmerizing melange of splendor. Over the past three decades, however, pink has upstaged the traditional autumnal color palette. That’s because pink affixed to ribbons, clothing, banners, buildings and more symbolizes the increasingly robust campaign each October to fight breast cancer in our community and in our nation. The Mahoning Valley can take pride in the overwhelming and compassionate commitment it makes in ...

The perfect metaphor at the UN

The perfect metaphor to characterize the U.N. General Assembly delegates who walked out before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke is this: “There are none so blind as those who will not see.” You can’t make people understand the truth if they choose to ignore it. The problem with the Middle East is that both sides have their own “truth,” which is contradictory because the only alternative to truth is falsehood. Prime Minister Netanyahu, as he has done in previous U.N. appearances, laid out the truth which dozens of delegates didn’t want to hear. “Moral ...

Stop buying votes, everybody!

It would be hard to find a more insulting offer than to exchange money for your vote. That’s exactly what President Donald Trump did in announcing that if voters keep Republicans in power come the midterms, he’ll send every adult citizen a $5,000 check. Now, one would not put money on that promise. Even if Republicans do retain control of both the House and the Senate, the promise will surely be thrown in the same manila folder as the vow to release the Epstein files, all of them. Of course, Trump would not be paying us five grand — the federal government would. That would ...

Letters to the Editor

Former 65th candidate endorses John Barbo DEAR EDITOR: Whatever happened to Lorna Westlake, long-time letter writer and candidate for state representative in the 65th district? Well, what happened was a health crisis of severe proportions. On Feb. 26, my husband Tom Westlake was taken by helicopter to University Hospital where emergency surgery was performed to find the source of massive bleeding. Taking anti-inflammatories for a knee replacement operation had eaten a hole the size of a quarter in his duodenum. What followed was 150 consecutive days in the hospital. Knowing that ...