Our Voice

Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Slow pace of recovery in Haiti not a surprise — unfortunately

Editorial: Like most newspapers around the country, and even the globe, we hailed the commitment of $5.3


Bike paths and routes provide recreation and transportation

Editorial: Members of the baby boomer generation can remember riding their bicycles for miles on city streets,


MYCAP trustees to be tested with hiring of a new director

Editorial: If you add up all the things that a state investigation initially identified as being wrong with the


Teaching without principals: gimmick or sign of the times?

Editorial: Teaching without principals: gimmick or sign of the times? A commonly heard complaint about public


Sister Jerome has earned community’s appreciation

Editorial: If there’s a word that describes Sister Jerome Corcoran, it is “faith” — faith in her God, faith in


Suddenly a glimmer of hope for Middle East peace talks

Editorial: There hasn’t been much good news out of the Middle East of late. But events in Washington this week


Ryan’s committee assignments continue to benefit this region

Editorial: The $1.15 million that U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan is working to secure for several projects in the Mahoning


Traficant should have known his petition effort fell short

Editorial: Ultimately, a candidate is re- sponsible for the conduct of his campaign, and so the failure of


Qualifications , experience crucial in filling public posts

Editorial: If there is a silver lining in failure of the Youngstown City Schools System, it is that federal


Creditors or obstructionists?

Editorial: The people of the Mahoning Val- ley should be appalled at the spectacle unfolding in U.S. Bankruptcy


As one community Forte dies, a Big new Valley asset is born

Editorial: Over the past two decades, Fort on the Fifty, Youngstown State University’s annual music and


Great Lakes states interests are bigger than Chicago

Editorial: For more than 50 years the Mahon- ing Valley fought hard for a link between the Ohio River and the


Beyond confidence indicator lies clearer view of economy

Editorial: On its surface, this week’s report from The Conference Board that shows consumer confidence among


Good news for Valley was millions of years in the making

Editorial: The most recent chapter in Ma- honing Valley industrial history began about 400 million years ago.


Will state lawmakers rise to the $8 billion challenge?

Editorial: If past is prologue, then Ohioans can hold out little hope of substantive results from a state panel