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Opinion

Consequences and rewards

Columns

I’m the first to admit that I was a full supporter of bribing my children. If I could get them to clean their rooms or complete a chore list without nagging them, I was ready to celebrate. The nagging took up so much time that the need to eliminate it became a series of consequences and ...

Seat belts — do you always wear them? You should.

Columns

Nearly half of the people killed on U.S. roads in 2023 were not wearing seat belts. That year, 17,872 vehicles in fatal crashes involved unbelted occupants, according to a new analysis from Pegasus Legal Capital, LLC, a legal funding company in Florida that provides competitive, low-risk cash ...

Wishing you a sweet Epiphany

Columns

Epiphany concludes the Christmas holiday season. Also known as the Twelfth Day of Christmas, this day commemorates the day the Three Kings from the East arrived in Bethlehem, bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Most European countries have traditional sweets for Epiphany. ...

Help us chronicle your lives in 2026

Columns

As we turn the page on yet another year evanescing here in the Tri-Lakes, I’d like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank-you to our subscribers, as well as the local advertisers who allow us to continue publishing this community newspaper. Without you, this storied ...

What kind of leader do we need?

Letters to the editor

To the editor: The atmosphere at village board meetings reflects the quality of leadership guiding them. When leadership unites, collaboration emerges. When it divides, momentum collapses. Think about pushing a child on a swing. To add energy, you must be in sync with the swing’s ...

Two outs and no bench

Letters to the editor

To the editor: During a recent “60 Minutes” television interview, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has been critical of Trump for not focusing on domestic issues, stated: “I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks ... to when ...