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‘Dan + Sis’ forever

Opinion: NOTE**** THIS STORY HAS TWO PHOTOS TO GO WITH IT ... WERE SCANNED IN THURSDAY NIGHT. TODD The


Make the best of the feet you’re dealt

Opinion: Nick Mishko’s musician-management company is called 10 and 8 Management. It’s a name that always has


Bru built it, and they came

Opinion: Say to someone, “If you build it,” and millions worldwide will answer, “They will come.” It’s from


IF YOU GO

Opinion: IF YOU GO WHAT: Scramble to benefit Northwood Golf Academy WHEN: June 21 WHERE: Pine Lakes


Trash to treasure: an East Side story

Opinion: Want to help? Next on the list for the ESA team is a playground and picnic area. If you can help,


Still not a job after 25 years

Opinion: Market Street in Corning, N.Y., is an idyllic place to carry that community’s annual Memorial Day


Some tips regarding sales-tax issue

Opinion: The Mahoning County sales tax was not rejected Tuesday, and $15 million in county revenues did not


Is it Tressel again, as YSU and UA square off?

Opinion: Almost 30 years ago, Youngstown State University and the University of Akron dueled for a major


Cherry-picking and misleading?

Opinion: Cherry-picking. Misleading. Those were among the top accusations from Mahoning County bosses


Delving into county pay increases

Opinion: Today, as readers plow into reporter Pete Milliken’s Mahoning County pay raises story on Page A1, it


We're the "super" social media

Opinion: We're the "super" social media


Toast & Woo stare off into the distance

Opinion: The journalist in me loves a great song lyric. I like lyrics that are complex and winding, such as


Magic in maple at Mill

Opinion: There are few sureties in life. Death, taxes and another bad season for my Buffalo Bills.

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And our message board was bad?

Opinion: When I arrived here in 2007, among the many criticisms I heard about The Vindicator was our


The boys of Sister Martha

Opinion: A door opens abruptly to the classroom, and three adults awkwardly shuffle inside. In their hands,