Opinion

Around Town: June 18th, 2025

By: Ernie Wren SAVE THE DATE: An elementary summer school tradition returns! The 4th Grade Lemonade Stands will take place on Wednesday, June 25th, in the elementary school cafeteria. Drinks

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Around Town: June 11, 2025

By: Ernie Wren This Saturday, Father’s Day Weekend, is the annual Ashland Optimist Fishing Derby. The Derby will be held at the Ashland City park pond on Saturday, June 14th

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Around Town: May 14th, 2025

By: Ernie Wren This past week we celebrated “National Small Business Week,” which made me think about how our community has been blessed with small business owners who started here

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Around Town: April 30th, 2025

By: Ernie Wren What a great past weekend, what with the city-wide garage sales, Southern Boone Area YMCA’s “Spring Clean 5K” and 10th year anniversary block party celebration, and the

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Around Town: April 16, 2025

By: Ernie Wren This past week, the local elections had a low turnout as voters were choosing among the candidates for our city council, fire district, and school board. Voters

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