Pam Marsh and Jeff Golden are up for reelection. Please vote for these two hard-working, intelligent and capable representatives. We need to keep them in office!
Char Hersh
Ashland
John Marciano and Leslie Dwyer: While hedge funds and rich corporate interests are buying up hospitals across the country and cutting services and staff to increase their profits, the well-being of hospital staff and patients is undermined.
Brenda B. Gould: A recent study reveals that in Gaza the war death toll of health care workers is three to four times as high as that of the general population.
Michael O’Looney: There seem to be too many pieces to assemble. Somehow the Democrats lost the vote of the working class, the truck drivers, farmers, the factory workers, the little man and woman trying to make ends meet, even our young people.
Dan Van Dyke: Think a casino in Medford would be a good thing? If so, you must want more pawn shops, illegal camping on the greenway, drug use and crime.
This week’s crossword: Rogue Theater Company 2025. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next week’s crossword: “ExtraORdinary Places #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
Ashland residents will have two opportunities to show their solidarity with a national Women’s March at two events on Saturday, Jan. 18, with a formally organized event at Oak Knoll Golf Course following an informal gathering on Ashland Plaza in the morning.
Obituary: During he early 2000s, John Fisher-Smith read short commentaries on JPR’s “Jefferson Daily” about place and value, called “Reflections.” He loved singing with the Peace Choir, and the group’s pilgrimage to Hiroshima, Japan, in 2006 was one of the highlights of his elderhood. A celebration of John’s life will take place at Temple Emek Shalom on April 6, welcoming all who wish to join at 1:45 p.m.
Herbert Rothschild: If HR23 passes and gets signed into law, we will be guaranteeing immunity to the actions of parties over whom we have no legal control.
A bright blue book locker outside the Ashland Family YMCA provides a new, more convenient way to check out materials from the library. The book locker can be accessed 24/7. Books are placed on hold through the library services website, which also has a video showing the book locker installation.
John Marciano and Leslie Dwyer: While hedge funds and rich corporate interests are buying up hospitals across the country and cutting services and staff to increase their profits, the well-being of hospital staff and patients is undermined.
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