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CHS cuts would be devastating

DEAR EDITOR: On March 14, President Trump issued an executive order that would cut funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). You may not know that IMLS funds support one of our most beloved local institutions: the Trumbull County Historical Society. We’ve got just a couple of days to tell our legislators that this society matters to us — that it enriches the quality of life here in our county. Today, I wrote to our legislators to tell them what TCHS has meant for my students. It’s a place where they get in touch with their own history, where they gain ...

St. Pat parishioners should move forward

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing this letter as a parishioner at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Hubbard. No reminder is needed to recall how we all suffered through the pandemic. In many places, religious events, including in-person worship services were banned. And then St. Pat’s lost its church due to a significant fire in January 2021. For the next 38 months we met as a congregation in our Parish Center building, truly a gymnasium. But our congregation remained vibrant, alive and strong. Our Parish is not its building, it is its good and faithful people. We all rejoiced when our ...

DOGE will produce ‘disease holocaust’

DEAR EDITOR: The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters. The humanitarian aid cuts illegally imposed by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency have been devastating across the globe. The Prospect’s Ryan Cooper has described how DOGE’s withdrawal of funding for nutritional support, tuberculosis treatment, malaria prevention, and PEPFAR — the HIV prevention program that was perhaps the only good thing George W. Bush did — amounts to a “disease holocaust” likely to kill millions of the ...

Sound off! Readers share their thoughts

County Commissioner Rick Hernandez, after watching the police body-cam video from 8-7-24, you were told about the prostitution at your building but you were only concerned about the rent money. You should be ashamed and embarrassed. During the video, you sound like a babbling fool, just making up excuses and pretending you knew nothing was going on. Please resign and go away. — Warren Dan Polivka’s knowledge and fresh ideas to make Warren the best place to live, work and do business give him the edge over his opponent. Public service is not about the paycheck. It’s ...

Remember Easter’s real meaning

DEAR EDITOR: Springtime is upon us. Flowers will be blooming, Birds will be singing. Children will be playing in the vibrant sunny days. Easter will be upon us once again. For some, Easter means new Easter outfits, the Easter bunny, egg hunts, Easter baskets and the like. Some will make an appearance in church just to show off their new Easter outfits. Grocery stores will be filled with people buying food for their special Easter feast. All these things are all well and good, but we should not forget the TRUE meaning of Easter. Have you ever been lied to, cheated, talked about, ...

KOSMA is not good legislation

DEAR EDITOR: Parents today face a challenging balancing act: keeping our kids safe online while ensuring they can access important digital resources. As both a father and youth sports leader in our community, I want Congress to get this right. That’s why I’m concerned about the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). While it aims to protect young people online, its approach would create more problems than it solves. The bill’s ban on algorithmic content for users under 17 would eliminate helpful features that actually keep our kids safe. These same systems help my sons find ...