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Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to Jessica Luck at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and length.

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Downtown Security

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  • May 14, 2014
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Tara Bridge would improve emergency response times

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  • May 14, 2014
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Call in the creative pros

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  • May 8, 2014
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Citizens Voice: misnomer

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  • May 7, 2014
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SMH should give it a try

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  • May 1, 2014
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  • May 1, 2014
Our View: 'Our republic is gone'

Most of the time, we try to devote this space to pertinent local and state issues. But now and again, national and international events are just too compelling to stay silent. This is one of those times.

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  • April 30, 2014
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Where to park in the village

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  • April 30, 2014
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  • April 24, 2014
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  • April 23, 2014
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Diverging diamond is a partial traffic solution

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  • April 23, 2014
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Why Jeb Bush will win

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