Opinion

My Dearest Spring, If we did something to offend you, we are sorry. When you left last year and we started hanging out with Summer, it was just because you were gone and we were lonely. She meant nothing to us, we swear. We miss you so much it hurts. Just thinking of your comfortable temperatures and the friends you bring, the lilacs and the robins and the bunny rabbits, makes us long for you to come back...

In the last few weeks, most people in Greene County have made special arrangements to stay out of the inclement weather. Whether it was from the dangerously low wind chills, or the influx of rainwater that left roadways covered in water, we have spent much of the last month telling people to stay inside -- and following that suggestion ourselves...

“Construction season” is right around the corner, which means road closures and detour signs. While you may think you’re cheating the system by finding a shorter route on a side road around the construction, cutting corners could actually be detrimental to the community or county you’re going through without realizing it...

Adult education opportunities benefit not only individuals, but the communities they live in. A bill placed before our state leaders could potentially have a negative impact on the progress being made. House Bill 1244 and Senate Bill 607 aim to restructure adult education funding, pulling $2.5 million of the $14.5 million allotted at the state level and reallocating it to a new Workforce Reimbursement Program. ...

We live in such a crazy world, and social media can serve as a quick way to alert our family and friends of concerns, but it’s important to remember this does not replace filing a police report. On a daily basis, anyone who uses social media probably scrolls past a post warning about being followed or suspected suspicious activity. ...

In a cruel twist of fate, the tragedy on Tuesday, Oct. 30 of the death of three school-age Rochester siblings who were crossing the road to get to their school bus, which had its safety lights activated and stop-arm extended, happened just one week after the start of National School Bus Safety Week, Oct 22-28...