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December 2, 2025

Letters to the Editor for Week of July 26

South County Newspapers welcome Letters to the Editor of fewer than 400 words. Submit all letters with the writer's name and contact information to [email protected].

Funny Papers Again Column | A Skater, A Dancer and in Loco Parentis

Way back in the mid-60s when just a lad in Greenfield, I owned a ā€œskurfboardā€; you read that correctly, a skurfboard. This was one of, if not the, earliest skateboards sold to an unaware public. The name an obvious combination of ā€œskateā€ and ā€œsurf,ā€...

Worthy to Print Column: Halloween Fun

We have been living through some perilous times. I have heard from my relatives, my friends and even some neighbors. Things are not as they should be. Maybe this election will change us for the better. Maybe they will have a vaccine for this...

Window on the World Column | My Mapping Menu

Lucy Jensen
We’ve been planning this road trip for a very long time. Too long. So long I thought it would never happen. I had every stop marked on my extra-large map of the country; never mind we were only going to be seeing a slice...

Window on the World Column | The Therapy of a Passion

Years ago, I’d never received the memo that you work for your life and not the other way around. Gradually as the grey hairs grew and the wisdom pearls hatched a little from dusty eggs of experience, I realized that most of us are...

Window on the World Column | ā€˜Tis the Season of Gratitude

ā€˜Tis the season of gratitude. I like that season. Close on its heels is the season of giving and sometimes that is also a good season; but Thanksgiving ranks right up there in my chosen holidays. Gratitude is such a simple but powerful sentiment...

Letter to the Editor | Join the Resistance Locally

To the Editor: Donald Trump was elected U.S. president by the narrowest margin in history, which he claims is a mandate. His foreign relations policies are making enemies of former friends. His economic policies are devastating the economy. Likewise, his deportation policies are upending the agriculture,...

Window on the World Column | In the Bleak Midwinter

Lucy Jensen
About this time of year — February blending into March — I can get really sick and tired of winter. Folks back home might have a chortle at that; because, yeah, I know, we don’t really have ā€œwinterā€ per se in our neck of...

Worthy to Print Column | Get On Your Horse

I want to write today to speak to you about what I have been thinking as this old world of ours starts spinning out of control. We can all hold hands and pray, which wouldn’t be a bad thing, but let’s try to trust...

Worthy to Print Column | The Care and Training of a Household Pet

George Worthy
You have to admit, I haven’t glorified the actions of those that would like to see us at the bottom of the ocean. However, after the reports from Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., that are plastered all over the television channels, I’m not sure anything...
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