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Commentary

Big Apple’s new ideals rotten to the core

Just because Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump in their Oval Office meeting appeared to bury the hatchet, my opinion of communism/socialism has not changed. I believe that if Mamdani introduces hardline Marxist ideas to the running of New York City that they will fail as they have ...

All the comforts of home sweet home

Winter won’t officially be here until the 21st of the month. By then most of the Christmas parties will be over and we’ll be deep into present wrapping, food prep, and last-minute stocking stuffers. But with the snow on the ground and that raw westerly wind, I don’t care when the ...

Strong neighbors grow communities

In Westfield, we are surrounded by quiet beauty — vineyards rolling toward the lake, a Main Street steeped in history, and neighbors who still wave from their porches. Yet beneath this familiar charm, many of us sense something missing. We live near one another, but not always with one ...

Holiday and deer season part of heritage

It is just past Thanksgiving and another deer season is upon us. Many around here will likely spend some time at deer camp that day. In reflecting back, though I have no historical proof of it, I have always thought that the pilgrims likely ate venison along with turkey on that first ...

Rural hospital funding far from restored

You have to hand it to U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy. Not everyone would be willing to go out in the rain and stand in front of a microphone to tell us temporary funding for rural hospitals that offsets only one-third of permanent funding cuts is a win. Langworthy called the $50 Billion Rural ...

Hazards of walking are evident in village

I write in response to the article “Unfriendly Paths: Ferguson irate over crosswalk ignorers” (Nov. 20). Mayor Ferguson stresses that people have the right to cross the road, and that drivers must stop and allow them to cross, as this “is the law across the United States of America, not ...