Editorials
Michael Caldwell: Location isn’t everything in real estate
Customer service sometimes seems like a forgotten concept in today’s day and age, but that certainly isn’t the ...
Columns
Jack Strayer: ‘Tis the season for food regulation
For the next several weeks, following tradition, most lucky Americans will be spending hours at the dinner table, ...
Editorials
Our View: Dowagiac residents committed to their city
I would never profess myself to be an expert on any subject matter, especially not the on the ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Are you ready to let your voice be heard?
Every good community newspaper should include a diverse range of voices, spanning from its own leadership to those ...
Editorials
Our view: City officials deserve credit for sports complex deal
It’s been a long time coming, but Niles is on the verge of getting a brand new sports ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Beckwith thanks celebrity judges
Dear Editor, Beckwith Theatre Company would like to thank Bob Barton, Don Lyons and Mike Peterson for being ...
Columns
Column: Friendliness not tied to geography
One interesting side effect of living in a hotel — something that I hope to change later this ...
Columns
John Jarpe: Take time to read a book
I was at a meeting last week and the facilitator did an “icebreaker” activity to get us all ...
Editorials
Our view: Support the consolidation study
Niles Charter Township Trustees made a mistake when they decided to not support an effort to study the ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Getting to the root of common core standards
To the editor: There have been many questions raised by recent discussions and editorials concerning the common core ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Scream Park about caring and scaring
It is a lot easier for me to write about how I spent last Friday night than it ...
Dowagiac
Letter to the Editor: DUHS thanks businesses for homecoming fireworks
Dear Editor, Dowagiac Union High School’s student senate was approached with an idea for a new tradition, homecoming ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: CROP walk committee says thank you
To the editor: Thank you, D & S Apple House for contributing apples for the C.R.O.P. Walk this ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Oak Manor streets need attention
To the editor: There were streets in the township of Niles, I and others felt, that did not ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: It’s time to re-energize downtown Niles
To the editor: I recently read Mike Caldwell’s article in The Daily Star about taking care of our ...
Columns
Jack Strayer: Computer glitches, budget glitches and sons of glitches!
As a former health policy lobbyist in Washington DC, I spent more than 15 years working on health ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Some things shouldn’t change
Famed playwright William Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” in Romeo and Juliet. Although I am certainly not ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Thanking my ‘angels’
Last week, when it looked like ‘curtains’ to me, my son rushed me to the hospital where I ...
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Thanks from ‘Chuck the Duck’
Back in June, you might have read an article in this very paper about a special duck by ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: Let’s take care of our heart
A thriving downtown business district has been the figurative and literal heart of most towns across America for ...
Columns
David Mann: What happened to the American dream?
By David Mann, Niles City Councilman I grew up believing that America is a country where we can ...
Columns
Rev. Dan Puckett: A warm slice in the life of God
By Rev. Dan Puckett, of Life Action Ministries In the Old Testament book of Genesis, chapter 18, we ...
Columns
Jack Strayer: The iron men of medicine are all gone
By Jack Strayer If I had chosen a career as a medical doctor when I was young, I ...
Columns
Michael Caldwell: And I thought Michigan was cold
Although Buckeye and Wolverine fans may disagree, I am quickly finding out that Ohio and Michigan aren’t all ...
