http://www.sharon-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:16:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_191201401.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_191201401.html It is by far the most extensive production number in the six years of the Follies. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:53:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_185195603.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_185195603.html While the news so many times concerns “gloom and doom” recently in the Mercer County area, it’s nice to see that positive events locally continue to bring smiles to faces of people of all ages. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_184184749.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_184184749.html When Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776 it was supposed to deal with “self-evident truths.” But those were simpler times. Are any truths today “self-evident”? Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_180212453.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_180212453.html Those who attend the Indepence Day Tea Party will show true patriotism in exercising their all-American right to free speech. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_180213125.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_180213125.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:19:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_179200028.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_179200028.html ... I have been thinking about newspapers, and the raging debate about their future when we consider the impact of the various ways that readers can get the news these days. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:31:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_177210426.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_177210426.html Hermitage commissioners did the right thing in approving the housing project. Now they must make sure the developer follows the plan. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_177205918.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_177205918.html I’ve decided that life is a lot like the game of golf. In golf you have good holes and bad holes, but you move on and don’t look back. You need to focus on the next hole. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:43:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_176212950.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_176212950.html There's nothing that creates a greater lack of trust in your school board than the kind of controversies we’ve witnessed lately in the Greenville and Reynolds area districts. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_172184509.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_172184509.html By Jim RaykieAn Editor's NotesThose weekend mornings with my dad and grandfather alone on a boat for hours on a quiet lake were some of the most meaningful and important times in my youth. Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_171181656.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_171181656.html Leaders and neighbors of area churches should be on the lookout to help end the rash of recent burglaries. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_170171641.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_170171641.html The way things are going in state government, the question probably isn’t if we’ll have a tax increase. The only question is: What kind of tax increase? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:29:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_169181507.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_169181507.html County workers’ refusal to help cut personnel costs might be more acceptable if they can show how commissioners can close a yawning budget gap without a tax increase. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_165214710.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_165214710.html By Jim RaykieAn Editor's NotesWhat a great weekend, and Mother Nature cooperated in providing the area a very pleasant Saturday and Sunday. Special events made it even more greater. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_163212227.html http://www.sharon-herald.com/opinion/local_story_163212227.html Sharon Sanitary Authority’s plan to sue the most delinquent sewer bill scoff-laws is a good idea, even if it is decades overdue.