Opinion

I’ve got the joy!

Ask yourself if it sparks joy. According to Marie Kondo, that is rule No. 6 in the challenges of tidying up. Marie is a Japanese organizing consultant. For the past…

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She loved where she lived

In 2021, my mother was buried at We Love Where We Live cemetery in the river town that she was moored to her whole life. The cemetery’s official name is…


Softball is a sport of failure

By ABBIGALE MERRITT Sheridan High School Student The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s 10th grade English class, taught by Abby Williams. Softball is a…





Feeling like a Ninja

You know you’ve reached middle age when a small appliance gets you all excited. But I’m over the moon happy about our recent purchase and am eager to share it…



Boys are alive!

Grandpa Howard often told me stories about other boys growing up. He noted one small boy began hollering repeatedly without any apparent cause and the noise disturbed Grandpa. When asked…


Let’s boost voter turnout

Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this…