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What other newspapers are saying: Affordable housing a necessity

Finding affordable housing in Frederick County and indeed all of Maryland can be difficult and frustrating, and political leaders have identified it as a major problem. The solution, as any economist will tell you, is to build more homes. The affordability issue is caused by a shortage of housing. Scarcity equals higher prices in housing as in any other product. A state report published this month says Frederick County should produce 16,000 new housing units in the next four years to meet demand. The county is doing its own study, with results expected later this month, but the ...

Public should take recalls seriously

About 12 million vehicles were recalled from 2015-24 for safety defects that could result in air bags not deploying. The recalls were well-publicized. In fact, many vehicle owners, upon learning about a recall, were unhappy about the fact that a trip to the service department outside of ...

Independent journalism was critical to civil rights

Our nation observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday and our communities have spent the past week observing the importance of the civil rights movement to our nation’s history and identity. We are thankful for the volunteers and organizers who made the variety of events and ...

Code Blue both a blessing and a testament to region’s values

We believe that even those in our communities fortunate to not need to worry about homelessness should be deeply grateful for the work of Code Blue. Volunteers each winter staff an overnight warming shelter at First Church, on the corner of Packer and Market streets. “From a perspective ...

Rural health care becoming more urgent

In March 2025, our sister newspaper the Times-Observer, in Warren County, reported that Warren General Hospital was happy to open its doors to nearby expecting mothers affected by the closure of UPMC Cole’s labor and delivery unit. At the time, the Times-Observer editorialized — in our ...

What other newspapers are saying: If necessary, nutrition policy should be sensible

The Trump administration has flipped the national food pyramid as part of its campaign to “Make America Healthy Again,” and once again the new dietary guidelines recommend Americans change their food habits. The main takeaway: don’t get takeaway. Eat more protein and fats. Scale back on breads and pastas. “We are ending the war on saturated fats,” said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The villains of the new food pyramid are “highly processed foods laden with refined carbohydrates, added sugars, excess sodium, unhealthy fats, and chemical additives.” The ...