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Yes It’s True: Martin should make Onion King fest annual event

The community and school in Martin celebrated a fascinating piece of history Friday night with homecoming, a football game and a tribute to an unusual mascot. Though known today as…
Posted by Editor September 22, 2019
Army Bob: For Dem candidates, it’s symbolism over substance
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Army Bob: For Dem candidates, it’s symbolism over substance

by Robert M. Traxler Is symbolism more important than substance? During the latest curtain call for Democratic candidates for President in Houston, it sure looked that way. To say they…
Posted by Editor September 19, 2019
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Ranger Rick: The Democrats’ primary circus back on the tube

It is again the time for selecting another opposition candidate through the primary system of winnowing out potential candidates.  There are various methods of doing this depending on the state. …
Posted by Editor September 17, 2019
One Small Voice: Maybe we’re all going there in a handbasket
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One Small Voice: Maybe we’re all going there in a handbasket

In the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, northern New Jersey, where I grew up, was peppered with 14 Nike missile sites, one of which was…
Posted by Editor September 17, 2019
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Yes It’s True: I didn’t pay attention, connect the dots for Martin

“Pay attention… connect the dots.” — Rules I have lived by as a community journalist. Your Honor, I hereby plead guilty with great embarrassment to failing to live by the…
Posted by Editor September 15, 2019
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Introducing John Face, columnist about growing up integrated

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a series of columns by John Face of Albion, a white guy who is a lifelong resident of a mixed race community.…
Posted by Editor September 14, 2019
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Yes It’s True: We’ll remember, but will we learn 9/11 lessons?

Was it just me, or was the publicity about the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks even more pronounced than in past years? Though recognition of the…
Posted by Editor September 14, 2019
Army Bob: Frisco Board of Supervisors’ move simply wacky
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Army Bob: Frisco Board of Supervisors’ move simply wacky

by Robert M. Traxler The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution calling many of you terrorists; certainly Ranger Rick and I would be near the top of…
Posted by Editor September 12, 2019
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Ranger Rick: Dems responsible for creating President Trump

The media, Democrats and RINOs are flummoxed — here is an orange-haired billionaire developer who ran for president with zero political experience, other than bamboozling New York City government into…
Posted by Editor September 10, 2019
One Small Voice: We got to live together… and we got to vote
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One Small Voice: We got to live together… and we got to vote

My family goes way back in United States history. My ancestors were among the earliest immigrants, settlers in New Jersey.  They were no strangers to hard work there in the…
Posted by Editor September 8, 2019

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