Columns/Editorials

Although President Joe Biden’s $4.5 trillion infrastructure bill has not yet been approved and is still being debated in both houses of Congress, you wouldn’t know it by looking at all the constructio...

I often create if/then scenarios with my children. If you get all A’s on your grade card, I will take you to Chuck E. Cheese. If you do not clean your room, you are not going on a trip with your frien...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Recollections of 9/11 are nothing new. This week has been filled with the stories of any number of individuals with direct ties to Ground Zero. But everyone has their own story about where they were w...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

According to the Department of Labor, the first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. Even though New Y...

As a young person, I don’t think too much about death or morbidity. As a religious person, I’m not particularly afraid of dying. But, like any other person, it’s not something I really like to harp on...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Several months ago, during a newsroom discussion about taxes, property revaluation and other governmental necessities that kick a person in the paycheck, a realization washed over me. In the process o...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

One of the men I have played golf with for several years in the Tuesday Night League at Timberview Golf Club in Marysville died this past week. He was a special person who enjoyed life to the fullest....

During early childhood, I would fearlessly dance and sing aloud to Disney soundtracks and Taylor Swift ballads anywhere in public. I vividly recall twirling around the Ocean City, Maryland boardwalk w...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

My son, Levi goes to kindergarten this year. For a variety of reasons too long to detail here, Levi’s transition to school has been exceptionally emotional for my wife. It has not been super for Levi ...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

It’s no secret that there is a local worker shortage. It’s also no secret that COVID-19 is not going away. Like other sicknesses humans are plagued with, it’s something we have to learn to live with. ...

Throughout history, we’ve seen the Olympics as a way to set aside our differences - political or otherwise - and come together in the name of sportsmanship and humanity. Ideally, the Games would featu...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Many people feel like this is the golden age of home entertainment. Streaming services allow people to watch pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want. If a new series comes out on a platform...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

We have said all along growth would be coming to Union County. It’s obvious with all the housing projects now on the front burner it is happening. In a way, it’s a compliment that those outside our co...

I have spent an inordinate amount of my life, and specifically this week, looking for my keys. I lose my keys so often that I regularly need to factor a few extra minutes of looking into my schedule. ...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Before I even knew how to drive, I remember a family member telling me about one thing I needed to be especially careful about once I did have my license. If I was stopped at a gas station, she told m...

This photo is one of many taken by local photographer Weldon Shaw during the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s. His specialty was high school sporting events and other local activities and personalities. The photo...

I realized the other day that at some point I picked my daughter up and held her for the last time. I lifted her off the ground as a child and then it never happened again. I don’t have the faintest r...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

On Sunday, America celebrates its independence with the Fourth of July holiday. In recent years, however, that celebration seems to have lost some of its steam. There was a day when citizens proudly d...

I am a hypocrite. We all are. I make my son do things that I know are good for him, though I don’t do them myself. I look in judgment at others who behave in the exact same ways I manage to justify fo...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...