Editorials
Person County commissioners made a wise investment in the fire service on Monday when they approved the creation of a fire marshal’s position.
Once a county role, the fire marshal duties were …
Sure, you know its the time of year we are all thinking about buying gifts to give to people important to us. It’s also a time we should be looking for opportunities to help people we don’t know. …
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Columns
My optometrist tells me that 20/20 vision is considered the clarity or sharpness of eyesight as a standard for vision. Fitting that next month, the year 2020 begins, which will bring cliché’s yet …
While the health care debate has usually focused on questions of insurance coverage and finance, the composition and delivery of medical services have been changing significantly. Some of these …
I write a syndicated column on politics and public policy that often centers on the issue of taxation. I am also a sometime practitioner and teacher of tap dancing. Combining my two interests was …
People can be idiots sometimes.
On Saturday – Thanksgiving weekend – a large crowd turned out for the holiday basketball tournament at Person High School.
The Rockets have hosted the …
Where is the literary capital of North Carolina?
Hillsborough? Pittsboro? Chapel Hill? The big cities like Charlotte, Asheville, and Wilmington? Or the Triangle or Triad?
It was none of those …
During 2018, North Carolina lost some 338,000 private-sector jobs, or 9.1 percent of the total. Did you happen to notice this economic catastrophe?
I doubt it, because North Carolina businesses …
My Type-A daughter called the other day to say she had just picked up the last Christmas gift she needed to purchase.
I looked at my wife, Becky, and said, “Honey, I reckon we better get …
Are we, politically speaking, more like Virginia, or more like its sister state, West Virginia?
As William Galston pointed out in the Nov. 12 issue of the Wall Street Journal, it might depend on …
What does that term unorthodox mean? According to Webster’s definition it is independent in behavior or thought or breaking with convention or tradition. Pretty much describes President Donald …
During the mid-1980s, North Carolina faced a difficult challenge. The state’s population had been surging for decades, placing great demands on the state’s transportation infrastructure.
The …
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Letters to the Editor
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This Thanksgiving we had a perspective check on our gratitude level. It’s easy to take the day to day for granted: phone calls for random questions, texts to say hi, holiday …
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As we enter this season for giving, we find ourselves going to Black Friday specials looking for that perfect gift to give our love ones. Stores stay open all night; stores operate …
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What? You say the impeachment of President Trump is going nowhere?
But the hearings just got started!
They’ve got all these fancy witnesses, and the biggest congressional …
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The ardent detractor of President Donald Trump and all things Republican or conservative is at it again. This frequent letter writer is determined to convince people that the …
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As I was reading a letter from a recent letter writer, I had to pause and think about other articles he has written.
In most of his letters he always brings up something about …
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The ardent supporters of Donald Trump have their heads buried in clay. A recent letter writer is one of these supporters. Most citizens can plainly see that Trump is in bed with …
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Since 1977 Caswell County has been watching over your drinking water. We are stewards of Roxboro Lake, a drinking water reservoir for the city of Roxboro.
We keep the trees …
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Recently, residents of Caswell County learned that The Sunrock Group has applied for a permit from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to build a quarry on a 620-acre …
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I am starting a conversation because I don’t know how to make important changes otherwise.
I recently had to euthanize a pet and had heard that the animal shelter would do …
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The Person County Public Library staff would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Friends of the Person County Public Library. The Friends are a dedicated group of advocates …
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