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Editor's Note: Thanksgiving is for families

Well, the holidays are nearly upon us. I don’t know about you, but back when I was a kid, it was less about giblets and more about family ties.

Have you ever needed help from a food bank?

Julia Patterson Column: Elections bring about major changes

Over the past year local governments faced some of the biggest challenges of our lifetime – the recession, pandemic flu, preparing for a potential flood, and devastating budget shortfalls.

You can't fake a sense of direction - beware of this lost newspaper editor

It’s my personal conviction that some people are born with a sense of direction. Put them anywhere - a forest or some baffling street corner - and these people manage to find their way home. They’ll even remember where they were, so they can come back for a visit some time. I am not cut of that cloth.

A Veterans Day observance from Congressman Dave Reichert

Today we honor all those men and women who serve and have served to protect and defend freedom, security and our great nation.

Veterans deserve our thanks and support

Today we gather to celebrate and honor the great courage and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. It is because of their sacrifice that we can safely enjoy the freedoms our great country offers.

Why is he quitting? Big Tobacco doesn’t deserve columnist’s money

I have been on a self-improvement kick lately. As some of you may know I recently lost 95 pounds of biscuits-and-gravy fat due to a flu bug about five years ago. That and a continued determination to not die while tying my shoes.

Thank you, readers, for an amazing election season

A tumultuous election season is nearly over. Not unlike the circus coming to town and leaving a trail of confetti to clean up, the only thing left to tie up now are the straggling ballots bearing Nov. 4 postmarks.

The Evil (Yankee) Empire strikes again

Last year at this time I was in Philadelphia celebrating a World Series Championship with 2 million of my closest friends. I had high hopes (high, apple pie-in-the-sky hopes) of doing it again this year, but, unfortunately, the New York Yankees were working from a different script.