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It’s about safe drinking water

In response to the letter to the editor written by Dan McKenzie, research director for Accountability Project Institute, published Feb. 21: Washington County for Safe Drinking Water was founded here in Marietta by and for residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley in response to threats posed by injection wells, existing and proposed, within two miles of our aquifers along the Muskingum and Ohio rivers. These wells channel toxic, radioactive wastewater from fracking operations deep into the rock structure below the level of our aquifers, and under high pressure. Underground, that toxic concoction ...

Street conditions: salty

Wednesday’s (Feb. 18) Marietta Times front page article carries a story of the lamentable state of our brick streets. They served us well for decades until: SALT. Salt attracts water. Salt water seeps down between the bricks, attracting more moisture. This turns to mud, the bricks sink, and we’ve got a rough road. In Marietta, the damage is done, leaving only one cure; pull up the bricks and start again. Also, the Putnam Street concrete bridge will have to be replaced in 40 or 50 years. Yes, again due to salt. Every homeowner knows that salt on his sidewalk ruins it. Brine ...

The Right Path: Promoting healthy youth development

What better time than now to finally share how grateful I am for all of you and for our youth and families that we serve. 2025 was a wonderful year filled with youth markets, pool parties, backpack giveaways, free haircuts, new partnerships, videos, youth voices project x’s2, cardboard boat races, Grief and Overdose Walk, Fentanyl Awareness banners, Recovery Day, 5k Walk, Youth Leadership Summit, Medication Take Back days, Spagna’s Spaghetti Dinners, moving Handle with Care forward, WC Sheriff’s Office and Marietta PD’s support, OPATA and CIT speaking engagements and new ...

The power of the people vs. the people in power

I’ve watched the news with horror and sadness the killing of Renee Goode and Alex Pretti during the ICE protests in Minneapolis. I’m 85 years old and the only place that I’ve see anything comparable to this was in North Korea and Russia. Goode was shot three times in the face at point blank range through the windshield and open window of her car. Pretti was taken to the ground by at least six ICE agents and shot by two agents ten times. The first shots were in his back. His last act on this earth was trying to help a woman who had been pepper sprayed and knocked to the ground. ...

Greenland

This week Danish soldiers arrived in Greenland to defend it from a threatened invasion by the United States military. Greenland is a self-governing constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark, a sovereign nation and a member of North American Treaty Organization, a long-standing military alliance, of which both Denmark and the United States are members. How much more insane do Trump’s unhinged narcissistic cravings have to get before Congress and the Senate use their power to stop the madness? Before Americans wake up? I leave a daily message for Ohio Congressman Rulli and ...

Disaster at Davos

The President’s recent trip to Davos is the nail in the coffin for America’s alliances. His unhinged remarks confirm that he is wildly out of touch, mentally incompetent and likely well into dementia and sundowning. What are our spineless representatives in Congress and the Senate (Rulli, Moreno and Husted) doing about this situation? Absolutely nothing. What can we do as citizens when our politicians fail us? Band together and demand change before our alliances and all trust are completely shredded. 5Calls app on a mobile phone will help you contact our Congressman and our two ...