Newsletter Opinion
CULTON: Outdoors is the way to get active
With summer just around the corner, the birds have been chirping, the sun has been shining down on ...
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NELDON: Plenty to explore right here in Michiana
At least once a week, I hear myself uttering the phrase, “I need to try that!”
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CULTON: Best of luck, 2019 graduates
This weekend and next, high school graduates from across southwest Michigan will walk across the stage at their ...
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NELDON: A fond farewell to a true journalist
On Sept. 21, 2016, a story published on the front page of the Niles Daily Star, informing readers ...
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CULTON: Local businesses make a community
Tuesday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the Greater Niles Chamber of Commerce’s 100th anniversary luncheon.
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NOVAK: Return to Mayberry — the front porch
While driving the other day, a song by Tracy Lawrence came on the radio called “If The World ...
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NELDON: Happy Mother’s Day to our first teachers and nurses
This week, Americans celebrate three important segments of our population.
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CULTON: May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Hey, how are things going? Are you doing OK?
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NELDON: Small fire shines light on power of community, community journalism
A lot of colleagues and friends have likely heard me say that I’ve spent my day “fighting fires” — ...
Newsletter Sports
NOVAK: Watching the draft has become a tradition
What a huge weekend of sports we just enjoyed. You had the National Football League draft, the National ...
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NELDON: Participation is key to a prospering democracy
The old saying, “don’t complain about what you refuse to change” has no better place than local government.
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CULTON: Let’s celebrate Arbor Day
There are few things I love more than watching the trees in southwest Michigan earn back their spring ...
Opinion
STAFF COLUMN: Hoppin’ down the bunny trail
I never could understand as a kid why the Easter Bunny had to be so terrifying — you know, ...
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CULTON: This Earth Day, let’s care for our planet
Despite Sunday’s snow, spring is in full force, and many of us are excited to get outdoors and ...
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NELDON: Downtown Niles on the cusp of something big
When Laura and Howard Tuthill cut the ribbon to symbolize the opening of their new business Wednesday, the ...
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CULTON: This April, let’s not run. Let’s stomp.
At 9 a.m. April 27, Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services, an organization serving St. Joseph, Van Buren and ...
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NELDON: Why should ‘Our View’ matter to you?
A couple of weeks ago, the Leader Publications news team began publishing a new standing feature: “Our View.” In ...
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CULTON: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
This month, you are sure to see a trademark teal ribbon in the windows of local businesses, on ...
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NELDON: Spring a time of revival in southwest Michigan
Could it be true? Are those birds chirping outside?
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CULTON: Let’s have some fun with unofficial holidays
Everyone who is named Joe, today is your day — quite literally. Today is National Joe Day. It ...
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NOVAK: Return to Mayberry — Friends
Growing up in a small town meant you knew just about everybody.
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CULTON: You should spay and neuter your pets
Though our spring season starts today, another season is already well underway: puppy and kitten season.
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NELDON: When it comes to paying for content, news should priority
When I started watching Netflix six or seven years ago, I was in college on a very limited ...
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CULTON: Let’s get ready to shake off those winter blues
There are seven days to go until the first day of spring — not that I’m counting.
