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Many reasons why we should support PBS and NPR

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: They are both nonprofit broadcasters created to serve public interest — education, information and culture. They are mission-driven instead of ratings-driven like the major media system. There is support of locally owned stations that provide local news, town councils, schools, farm reports, community announcements, etc. Look at their educational programs; we all grew up with “Sesame Street,” “Mister Rogers,” “The Electric Company” and more. How about the science, history (Ken Burns) and all the documentary series. THIS IS LIFELONG LEARNING. It preserves ...

San Francisco’s latest radical experiment

Editorials

San Francisco, a city long associated with exotic ideas, has been experimenting with a radical notion — cracking down on car thieves. Unlike some of the city's other adventures, this one is actually working out. Car break-ins are down 85% from 2023, and are down 50% the first three months of 2026, compared with the first three months of 2025. This is good news for residents and tourists, and bad news for auto repair shops that did a brisk business in new car windows. Smash-and-grab break-ins were such an ingrained part of San Francisco life that a secret code grew up around ...

Making the case for driving an electric vehicle

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: As communities across the country grapple with rising fuel costs, air pollution and the growing impacts of global warming, one solution is becoming increasingly clear: the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Electric cars offer a cleaner, more sustainable alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles. By producing zero tailpipe emissions, they reduce air pollution and improve public health, especially in urban areas where smog and poor air quality disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. When you factor in that EVs cost roughly 40% less to fuel and, with ...

Voting against commissioner Malloy and higher water rates

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: When Denny Malloy landed in his role as a Trumbull County Commissioner, my Trumbull County water and sewage bill in Howland was around $51/month. After four years of Malloy, that same bill, with no changes in my consumption, is now $72/month. Denny raised my bill by $20! Why did the increase happen? Why did he vote to get rid of the county’s separate water districts, which allowed for metrics such as population density, the age of infrastructure and where the water came from when figuring out what people should pay? He said (during a meeting), “Howland is paying $3 ...

Add sidewalks south of Diverging Diamond

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: Driving through the newly completed Diverging Diamond where Routes 82 and 46 meet, there are some intriguing things that catch your eye. For some, it’s the unusual flow of traffic or the nice new bridges. But what stood out to me were the sidewalks and pedestrian crossings, and it got me thinking. The interchange was made mainly to optimize traffic to and from the Eastwood Mall. But right now these well-built sidewalks lead to nowhere. The whole area to the south by the Eastwood Mall has been designed to make pedestrian and bike traffic as difficult as possible. Not a ...

How to impeach President Trump, for real

Editorials

Speaking at a Jan. 6 retreat for House Republicans, President Donald Trump stated, "You gotta win the midterms 'cause, if we don't win the midterms, it's just gonna be — I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached." This was before Trump's agents murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, before the Justice Department released more Epstein files, before Trump's disastrous war in Iran, before Trump threatened death to the entire Iranian civilization, before a gallon of gas hit $4 or more, before other prices also began rising because of the blockage of the ...