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Saturday’s paper offers tweaks to TV book
We recently had to revamp our weekly TV book, "TV Week."The changes were prompted by the tough economy we’re facing, and the need to save dollars and keep the paper affordable.We reduced channel listings and other offerings, which ultimately upset many folks. In listening to the many, many (and many) …
New Vindy message board rule starts Friday
Not a week goes by when there's not one phone call or comment about "oh that Vindy message board."It happened this morning, in fact.We made a change to the message board rules in terms of what you have to do to post.Already, Webville is abuzz with reaction. Not surprising -- …
New Belinky book: "How to go from everyman to elitist in 12 months"
Forget the besieged economy; forget the lines of folks who’ve lost jobs.To understand that Judge Mark Belinky has quickly lost his sense of reason, all you need to know is this: his Mahoning County Probate Court staff got 3 percent raises two months ago.Two months ago was well into the …
In South Bend, a little stimulus inspiration
It’s back to work after a fun weekend in South Bend, Ind.I was there for a youth hockey tourney. In taking in the town, we stumbled upon a couple areas that I thought were worth touting as we look at millions of dollars coming into our communities via stimulus money.One …
Some emails responding to Sunday's column
Mr. Todd Franko In regard to the page B1 article/editorial “With this example-------,” what, pray tell, is new? This sort of thing has been going on in one form or another for years, decades, and centuries. At least, this time, someone caught on. I worked as a reference librarian at the …