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In 1633, the Catholic Church’s Holy Inquisition condemned Galileo to spend the rest of his life under house arrest at his villa near Florence, Italy.

The Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors voted to endorse two tax levy asks by the City of Delaware that voters will see on the March 19 ballot.

Our current president has made 76 trips to his home state of Delaware since his inauguration in January 2021. Most were only for weekend visits to one of his two very expensive homes. Others were just single-day trips his staff recorded as being for official business.

A quiz for the readers in the 61st House District: How many tax dollars, that you have already paid, did the current state representative bring back to; you and your community through the state budget and proposed state capital budget? The correct answer is — zero.

By now you have likely heard that there is a major celestial event happening in Delaware County on Monday, April 8 – a total solar eclipse! This phenomenon hasn’t happened in Ohio since 1806, and the next won’t occur until 2099. To say it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is not an understatement.

No Ohio veteran should be kicked out of their home when they’re trying to get back on track with payments.

Delaware Forward, a citizens group, appeals to voters to support two vital tax levies for community services, parks and recreation, and street repair in the city of Delaware. Last year, nine citizen volunteers studied the financial situation of the city. They spent nine months on the project. Their recommendations to Delaware City Council led to these tax proposals.

Last week, the snow storm brought a little extra work and a lot of fun family activities. I realize as I get older, I view snow in a different way than I did when I was younger. Nowadays, a snow storm brings more work.

Valentine’s Day is always kind of fun. The fun started when we were all in elementary school and exchanged little cards. (That’s how it was at the school I went to, anyway.) It can be really good, or not so good, depending on if you receive a valentine from the right person. That’s the way it is while you are in elementary school anyway. It’s different when you are an adult and have had a spouse for a lot of years.

In 1633, the Catholic Church’s Inquisition convicted Galileo Galilei of violating instructions by Cardinal Bellarmine in 1616. He had been ordered to cease public support of Copernicanism, the belief that the sun, and not the Earth, was at the center of the cosmos.