We were shocked and disappointed when it was announced this week the M.T. and Helen Gholston Children’s Park at Acme Brick Park would likely be wiped away to bare ground.

DO JUST ONE THING

Even in major cities full of giant skyscrapers, wild animals live among us in green spaces like parks, and they need our help.

Social media user asks why friends disappear

DEAR HARRIETTE: I deleted all of my social media accounts a month ago. I thought that I would get a lot of text messages from my friends asking what was going on or why I deleted everything. To my surprise, only a few of my close friends seemed to have noticed, and nobody else reached out to me at all.

Importance of higher education

Irecently was honored as one of 13 lawmakers recognized by the State Regents for Higher Education and Council of College and University Presidents for our dedication and service to the state’s higher education system during this year’s legislative sessions.

Friend tries to be sensitive about woman’s loss

DEAR HARRIETTE: One of my best friends lost both of her parents this year, within six months of each other. They were well into their 90s, but still, the loss has been devastating for her. I am doing my best to comfort her, but sometimes I am at a loss. I still have my mother, who is in her mid-90s. I feel awkward talking about her now. I don't want to rub it in that my mother is alive and hers isn't, yet I am accustomed to talking about my mother all the time. How do I handle this delicate situation? I never know what to say anymore. — Life and Death DEAR LIFE AND DEATH:

Poll that shook the world

Maybe it was fake news — I can't believe I actually typed those five words — but it was important news nonetheless. It shook the political world, comforted the Donald Trump campaign and, even among the disbelievers, should have been for Democrats what Thomas Jefferson described, in an 1820 letter following the Missouri Compromise, 'as like a fire bell in the night, (that) awakened and filled me with terror.'

Don’t ever let the bullies win

As Rep. Matt Gaetz mounted his successful campaign to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, he accused his rival of making a secret 'side deal' with Democrats to fund Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.

October and its arrival heralds fall, everything suddenly becoming available in pumpkin spice, and Halloween offering colorful street urchins going door-to-door or downtown begging for candy during Trunk or Treat.

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