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Don’t press your luck this St. Patrick’ s Day
In anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging motorists to not press their luck and get behind the wheel impaired. Instead, Ohio motorists are strongly encouraged t...
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My apologies while eating Canadian crow
Alright already! By the time I left our publisher’s office Monday morning, I was heading out to The Grindhouse for a maple leaf tattoo. John Clark is a big fan of Canada. He even tolerates the Fre...
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Scioto County: The eye of the storm
A great deal of public information has been disseminated that accurately describes the prescription drug epidemic that currently plagues our local communities. We have been made aware of the distu...
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Not a fan of Winter Olympics, or Canada
I have to go through this same ritual every four years. I have to tune into the Winter Olympics to discover why I don’t like them. It happened again this year, as Al Michaels and Bob Costas went ...
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Snowy days require planning
Since we do not live in either Florida or Hawaii, there is one thing we can count on — every year at this time it is going to snow. Oh, sure, some years more than others, but it is going to snow. ...
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Commissioners’ resolution for USEC deserves support from everyone
Now more than ever it is mandatory that all government leaders in the southern region of the state of Ohio, as well as their Kentucky neighbors, come out in full support of a resolution issued Tue...
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EDITORIALS
Cheers and jeers: Hats off to Counseling Center
by Our View
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As the last patches of snow rapidly melt, and we continue our watch for the first signs of spring, we’ve plucked a few cheers and jeers from recent news headlines. • Cheers to The Counseling Cente...
Responding to reader requests
by Deborah Daniels
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Since eliminating the daily stock graphic, we’ve heard from many of our readers and we’ve been working to bring you the kind of information you’ve requested. While the replacement — which begins t...
Thanks to those who purchase the Daily Times
by Frank Lewis
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In a former life I used to teach my employees to send handwritten notes to clients and people who helped them do their jobs each day. I don’t have the time, nor the paper, and my pens all stop cli...
Mayor Murray’s decisons continue to put city at risk
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Our View Here we go again. Now that Mayor Jane Murray has ordered the re-installation of traffic lights on 11th and 12th streets in Portsmouth, the Ohio Department of Transportation says the city ...
Remembering a broadcast giant
by Frank Lewis
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I was 16 years old, hanging around WPAY Radio every morning before school and every night after school. I was a “radio rat.” It was all I ever wanted to do. One Saturday morning, Jess Veach had la...
The people of Haiti need our help
by Our View
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This past week, we brought you many stories about the devastation in Haiti caused by the earthquake that hit the country a week ago. Our heartfelt prayers go out to the entire nation, and we appla...
LETTERS
3-11 Letters to the Editor
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Current 6th Distirct Congressman doesn’t represent the people There is a serious problem with the Ohio Sixth Congressional District representation. The arrogance of the current representative is t...
3-9 Letters to the Editor
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Sincere gratitude to police officers during family’s time of grief My brother-in-law, Johnny Grooms, was tragically killed in a car accident on Dec. 6, 2009. He was a decorated Korean War veteran...
3-2 Letters to the Editor
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Ending PASSPORT waiting list good news, but ‘Home First’ needs legislative attention Advocates for Ohio’s older adults, including your local Area Agency on Aging District 7 Inc. (AAA7), are ve...
2-23 Letters to the Editor
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Refurbished mayor’s office should be part of larger plan I have watched with some interest the happenings in our city government since the first of the year. Since I have no political stake, I w...
2-21 Letters to the Editor
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Numbers don’t add up for Ohio’s proposed passenger rail service Do we have any legislative leaders in the state of Ohio who understand that to spend $400 million on a rail corridor between Cleve...
2-20 Letters to the Editor
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Scioto County: A broken community with a lot of broken people Welcome to Scioto County — land of the doped up and broken down. Where our leaders have unlocked the treasury and our citizens must ...
MORE OPINIONS
PDT not shirking its responsibility
by Brian Perkins
29 days ago | 7 7 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
There have been some letters to the editor lately that have called the reporting of the Portsmouth Daily Times into question; and maybe it’s time to address some of these concerns. I have read th...
‘In A World of Hurt’
by Deborah Daniels
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When Lisa Roberts, R.N., public health nurse, talks about the prescription drug problem in Scioto County — addiction, death, increase of hepatitus C and social disintegration — she says, “We’re in ...
Community is blessed to have a gem like Linda Tieman
by Frank Lewis
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I was so dazzled and so blown away by the great Breast Cancer benefit show featuring the Portsmouth West Chorus Saturday night that I kicked around for two days how to write a column about it. I ...
Mayor and city service workers deserve our thanks
by Frank Lewis
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I was pleasantly surprised when coming to work around 7:30 last Tuesday morning, to find trucks treating the streets from the overnight snowfall. I had written a column a couple of winters ago cri...
In memory of J .D. Salinger
by Majal Perry
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On my 20th birthday, a handsome English major tendered to me his copy of “Franny and Zooey” before taking me to an ice cream parlor. Emboldened by a sugar high and new birthday dress, I was certain...
Scioto County’s alarming drug-use rate devastating to everyone
by Ed Hughes, of the Counseling Center
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I have been involved in the provision of treatment services to people who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs for more than 20 years. At no time in these 20 years have I seen our community more...
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