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Opinion

The Dog Days of Summer

Local Columns

As avid readers know, not only is this column cute, relevant, thought-provoking and down right humorous, it is also highly educational as well. Faithful readers rank in the top 75th percentile in intelligence, good looks and great personalities. The other day several dogs growled at me ...

A way to fix the Lincoln Highway Bridge

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor:Nothing is impossible if you try.The Lincoln Highway Bridge is saveable.Number one: use a cement cutter and take out the lamps on each end.Second: After they are removed place steel beams under the entire length of the Lincoln Highway lettering concrete.Third: Use a cement ...

Toledo Farmers Market

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Market Report for July 6, 2018We couldn't have asked for a more picture perfect Friday night. Seven vendors brought their items to the Toledo Farmers' Market.Kristi had plenty of kolaches, cookies, bars, breads, pies, rolls, black raspberries, and kohlrabi.Caryn had her cotton candy machine set ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

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The theatre will reopen on Monday, July 23 for Camp Creamery. Camp Creamery will be held Monday through Friday with their live, onstage performances on Saturday, July 28 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.Movies at the Wieting will be shown again each Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning on Friday, July ...

Q & A: Immigration

Editorials

Q: What needs to be done to fix our nation's immigration policies?A: By all accounts, the current immigration system is broken. The last major overhaul was adopted 32 years ago in 1986. Unfortunately, the Immigration Reform and Control Act did not live up to its promises.In exchange for ...

You could have heard a pin drop

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A number of years ago General Colin Powell attended a meeting with many international dignitaries in attendance. Allegedly, the Archbishop of Canterbury approached Powell questioning him about America's plans for Iraq as just some sort of "empire building" by then President Bush. General Powell ...

Historic Bridge: Walden’s Pond

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor:In Henry Walden's book, On Walden's Pond, he depicted a tranquil setting in Massachusets that allowed him to set aside his immediate thoughts and think about what really mattered. There is an empty grass lot next to my house, on Harmon Street that was given to the city. ...

Toledo Farmers Market

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Market Report for June 29, 2018With a crowd wilting the whistle blew at 5pm for the start of a scorching Toledo Farmers' Market.The Toledo Farmers' Market sends out our deepest condolences to Kristi and her family on the loss of her father.Caryn was set up with jams, caramel corn and taco, ...

Remembering the 1967 Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty

Editorials

"If it was an accident, it was the best planned accident I've ever heard of"- USS Liberty survivorOn June 8, 1967, Israeli war planes and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty, an intelligence gathering ship, while it was on a signals collections mission in international waters off the Sinai ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Local Columns

The Wieting Theatre Guild is involved in a couple of activities at the Stoplight Festival July 6th.First we will have the dunk tank up and running on the north side of the square from 5-7 p.m. We will have a different dunkee each half hour. So far we have Jamie Youngbear, Toledo Police Chief ...