Letters

Letter: Abortion is murder

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Grosnell was convicted of first degree murder in the deaths of three babies. Why? Abortion is legal! What does the Philly judicial system think abortion really is, anyway? Is it not the crushing of skulls, poisoning, or severing the spinal cord of very little children, from mothers who want them dead? These three killings took place just outside the mother’s body. I think I have found … 0

Letter: Rowe, vote ‘no’

Sunday, May 19, 2013

On Tuesday night, at the Rowe Fire Station, we voters of Rowe will be asked to make a decision that will have an enormous impact on the town for decades to come — to appropriate $6,307,200 to build a new school in Rowe. We are asked to approve this expenditure for this purpose, although we have NEVER had any discussion about the various … 0

Letter: Hawley’s direction

Friday, May 17, 2013

Hussain Hamdan’s letter (May 9) saddens and surprises me. He is a young man with much promise who feels aggrieved for reasons which are not clear to me. He makes vague accusations against Hawley town government but refuses to name any of them. I do not think that many people in town feel as Hussain does. The last two elections are proof of … 0

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