Friday, January 24, 2020
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Today, The Leader is your faithful follower.
Late this fall, we spread Readers Choice ballots far and wide, asking readers to name their favorite businesses and servers and meals countywide and in …
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12/31/19
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It was just before Christmas, when all through Boat Haven
Not a creature was stirring, not even a raven;
The boats were all tied to the docks with great care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon …
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12/24/19
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You don’t have to make a big gift to United Good Neighbors to make a significant difference in the life of a neighbor in need.
Just ask John Cantlon at St. Vincent de Paul, who has worked …
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Leader Editorial Board
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12/18/19
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Leader Editor Dean Miller talks bite sized chunks of local issues
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Dean Miller
dmiller@ptleader.com | 11/20/19 |
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Last week in this space, we called on passionate policy advocates in Jefferson County to reject one of the nuclear options that has crept into modern activism: doxxing.
It’s the practice of …
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Dean Miller
dmiller@ptleader.com | 11/6/19 |
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There’s not a lot partisans can agree on these days, but as we work through hard local issues in Jefferson County, can’t we at least agree the intimidation tactic known as …
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Dean Miller
dmiller@ptleader.com | 10/30/19 |
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We go to your meetings and community events, take your picture and write your story to get the word out.
We talk to you about your business and build the ad you want to help you grow.
Once a …
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Jefferson County loves a little weirdness and good-humored parody.
If you and your club members want to wear masks, murmur over secret handshakes and carve coded mottos on your treehouse, go for …
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Here for Leader readers’ review is a copy of the letter we sent to Jefferson County.
We objected to the commission’s decision to discuss in private the Growth Management Hearings …
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In recent months, several cusswords have appeared in The Leader.
An F-bomb, the S-word and some of the lesser verbs and nouns by which great emphasis is added to everyday sentences.
Callers and …
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Anyone can be impressive when the odds are in their favor. But we learn the most about people at the messy endings of things: divorces, deaths and defeats.
Here’s what we learned when …
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