Opinion

Editor: I want to give a huge thank you to the community of Sweet Home. On Sunday, Nov.…

Editor: I read your article “City chips in for funds for bridge repairs” (Nov. 16) and was outraged.…

Editor: Isn’t it wonderful to live in a small town? To know neighbors and share in the moments…

Editor: I am writing in response to the Nov. 16 article in The New Era, “Man Arrested for…

Volunteer firemen, hampered by a lack of toys to repair, sent out a “four alarm” signal to area…

Editor: Greg Hagle was a promising 1984 Sweet Home High School graduate who loved to hunt and fish.…

Editor: To the person who stole my five-point elk antlers from my carport at 366 11th Ave. last…

Sweet Home is known for its volunteerism. This is a town where residents will step up to make…

Editor: After years as just a dream, the Sweet Home skate park opened early this summer. The youth…

Rep. Phil Barnhart President Bush has been rightly criticized for giving a highly partisan Veteran?s Day speech attacking…

Editor: The Sunnyside and Crawfordsville Head Starts would like to acknowledge a very kind and generous person in…

November 17, 1955 A deluge of snow, the most Sweet Home has had in several years, slowed traffic…

Don Kirk is a relative stranger to Sweet Home. He?s also a man with big ideas. If you?ve…

It?s Veterans Day week, when we honor those who have served our nation in its military forces. Prior…

One of the more frustrating things about being a journalist is when mistakes happen. Journalists are a varied…

As resident of Gulfport, Miss., I take grave offense to the term “refugee.” My kids and I were…

Editor: Did you know that Halloween started out as and is a Christian holiday? If not, it may…

Editor: I’m quite certain that Char LaFollette is perfectly capable of defending herself against Nathanael Blake. However, I…

Editor: Your opinion column by Thomas Bowden about Columbus Day and 9/11 in the Oct. 12 edition was…

Editor: I must say, I was impressed by the alacrity, if not the brevity, with which Char LaFollette…

It’s not too common, for most newspapers, to editorialize about sports. They might congratulate a local team that’s…

Hurricane Katrina has definitely gotten our attention. One of the most savage storms to hit the United States,…

Lebanon rejoiced last week with the the groundbreaking for the construction of the $1.4 million-square-foot Lowe’s distribution center…

Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era I read that movie revenues this year are the lowest they’ve…