Letter to the Editor: Deport non-citizen felons

VINTON TODAY
November 26, 2024 11:31 am

Dear Editor: Why are certain mayors protecting non-citizen criminals?    Denver and Chicago --  Including the Governor of Illinois they are about to violate federal law and may be prosecuted in Federal Court.

Letter to the Editor: Ideas for Old Creamery Nature Trail

VINTON TODAY
November 19, 2024 3:41 pm

Dear Editor, For the residents of Vinton and surrounding area who are interested in exercise, nature and trail activity, do you really want to see the entrance to the Old Creamery Nature Trail at West 8th St.

Letter to the Editor: On the Threshold of WWIII

VINTON TODAY
November 19, 2024 12:42 pm

Dear Editor,At the beginning of this week Sweden, Finland and Norway told their people to prepare for war.  Sweden has not been to war in over 200 years.

Letter to the Editor: Do the Work

VINTON TODAY
November 11, 2024 11:59 am

Dear Editor,In December, 1957 — about a week or so before Christmas, my dad went to the hospital for minor surgery.   He never came home.   Honestly, I don’t have a lot of memories of that day, but I have many of my mom.

Letter to the Editor: The Guns Went Silent

VINTON TODAY
November 10, 2024 7:55 pm

“The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month” . . . the “Guns Went Silent” . . .Throughout my life the first half of this phrase is what folks have always associated with Armistice Day.

Letter to the Editor: Is the glass half full or half empty?

VINTON TODAY
November 8, 2024 10:03 am

Dear Editor:  Is the glass half full or half empty?What political ad was this?????Full text of the ad:“It’s morning again in America. Today more men and women will go to work than ever before in our country's history.

Election workers rank right up there next to the voters

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 7, 2024 8:40 pm

Having worked with the auditor's office a few times to facilitate elections, I know this job is a long hard day of mostly sitting. It sounds simple and for the most part, it is.

The winning is in the Party

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 6, 2024 8:02 pm

Usually by the end of the day, I'm in my jammies and settled in for a long night of work. It wasn't any different on Tuesday. I ventured out to check on a couple of things that I needed to look at and I swung by the skate center.

The votes are counted in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 5, 2024 11:00 am

In the tiny town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire the whole town submitted their votes at midnight on election day. The town has six registered voters.

Letter to the Editor: Free & Fair vs. Trump Defeat

VINTON TODAY
November 4, 2024 10:57 pm

Dear Editor, Which is more important — Free and Fair or Trump’s defeat? This popped into my head this morning.  Which is more important on Tuesday — that the election is held in a free in fair fashion following all federal and state laws to the letter??? Or is Trump so objectionable that any and all means should be used for his defeat - federal and state laws be damned! Just curious what all your thoughts are.