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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 usually a curse-able offense by trees, this ... Read more
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 announced on Monday in this newspaper’s social ... Read more
Virus reveals character
By Dr. Dan Lufkin It is strange to think that just a few short weeks ago, most of us had never heard the term “social ... Read more
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 sacrifice to beat an unseen biological virus, ... Read more
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 budget cut where politicians faced with a ... Read more
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 of the academic year and shut the ... Read more
Agriculture is critical to our nation
By Westley B. Drake Dawn …. Few things are as predictable as the sunrise. As I look out of my kitchen window, I can see ... Read more
A blessed career in medicine
To think that Michael A. Cicero could have been a psychiatrist. Thankfully, for countless children and their parents, Cicero realized decades ago that pediatric medicine ... Read more
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 by the minute. Our lives have been ... Read more
An open letter to my patients
As most of you probably know, I will be leaving the practice of pediatrics on March 31 of this year. I will be leaving you ... Read more