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Local governments will need to get creative with budgets this year

It’s hard to imagine, but the tree pollen coating everything outside is a welcome annoyance this year. While ...

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Let’s not fool ourselves any longer

Prayers go out to the first Franklin resident who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as was ...

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Virus reveals character

By Dr. Dan Lufkin It is strange to think that just a few short weeks ago, most of ...

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Amid pandemic, cyber scams a growing threat

By Tom Purcell The dirty rotten crooks. While the rest of the world is doing its best to ...

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China virus quarantine may kill economy

By Michael Shannon The politician’s response to the coronavirus is the medical equivalent of the 10 percent across-the-board ...

Opinion

Thank a health care worker by staying home

Earlier this week, Gov. Ralph Northam issued Executive Order No. 53, which closed all schools for the remainder ...

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Agriculture is critical to our nation

By Westley B. Drake Dawn …. Few things are as predictable as the sunrise. As I look out ...

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A blessed career in medicine

To think that Michael A. Cicero could have been a psychiatrist. Thankfully, for countless children and their parents, ...

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Mayor urges positive outlook, precautions about coronavirus

Dear Editor, We are currently living in unprecedented times and things are changing by the hour if not ...

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An open letter to my patients

As most of you probably know, I will be leaving the practice of pediatrics on March 31 of ...

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