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A true medical professional

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To the editor: In recent weeks, I experienced several severe and profuse nosebleeds that required multiple trips to the emergency room. After being told by several ENT offices that it would take three weeks to get an appointment, I was fortunate to be referred to Dr. Jeffrey Banyas at WVU Medicine-Weirton Medical Center. From the very first phone call, Banyas’s office staff was exceptionally helpful, kind and accommodating. They were able to schedule me within just two hours of my call — something almost unheard of these days. Banyas, himself, was personable, understanding ...

Why don’t the rules apply?

Letters to the Editor

To the editor Just a thought: Why has the shelter roof gone unrepaired for six years? No personal property would be allowed to go that long being in an unsafe condition. I guess rules don’t apply to the city-owned property. Christopher Tarr Steubenville

Mamdani election an anathema

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: There is a story of a mock election in a third-grade school class. Three candidates were vying to become class president. One promised to paint the walls and hang pictures; the second one promised colorful chalk and a bigger blackboard; the third one just promised “free ice cream.” Guess who won? Not one kid asked, “How do we pay for the ice cream?” The New York Democrats and populus who voted for Mamdani underscore the perversion of our democracy. In the 6th century BC, in the cradle of democracy, in ancient Greece, only citizens born in Athens were ...

Guest column/There’s no reason any veteran should go hungry

Local Columns

According to U.S. government data and recent policy studies, nearly 25 percent of America’s veterans live either below the federal poverty level or paycheck to paycheck, with little margin for unexpected expenses. To get by, many adopt emergency-level budgets. But even the harshest austerity measures may not be enough. Life at the bottom still costs money. Mortgages and rent must be paid. Vehicles are needed to reach work or medical appointments. So, what can be cut? Too often, it’s food — eating less or sacrificing nutrition. Tragically, many veterans and their families face ...

Library still a special place

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I was pleased to see the successful renewal levy for the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County. I was not pleased to see the close vote. I was raised in Follansbee and my mother would routinely bring us across the river to the downtown library. She believed there was a whole world to discover and imagine while reading books. The building itself was magical to us. The stone steps leading to the main entrance seemed huge and the stairway outside leading down to the kids’ section felt secretive and special as a child — a magical place that was open to ...

The tragedy of a life lived in lowercase

Local Columns

There is a quiet kind of tragedy that doesn’t make the headlines. You will not hear about it on the evening news, nor will you read about it in your morning newspaper. You will not even locate it in the obituaries section on a funeral home’s website. Why? Well, because technically, she never really died. She just never quite lived. Hers was merely a life lived entirely in lowercase. She worried too much about what everyone thought rather than how she felt or what she wanted. And in time ... she forgot she mattered. She forgot how to live. She forgot how to ...