Columns/Editorials

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

My father played soccer in college and apparently enjoyed it. As a child he enrolled me in the municipal rec soccer league, but a love of the sport never took. I don’t remember disliking it, but I als...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Of all the questionable things social media has done to our society, one of the less important, but still interesting, side effects is the disappearance of community bulletin boards. I know it’s not t...

Tax bills are coming due next week and residents continue to talk about how they need help with their rising costs. Recently, Union County Treasurer Andrew Smarra initiated a new plan to allow residen...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Thinking about the festivities of this holiday week, I started recalling stories about the wonder of fireworks when I was younger. I don’t mean the big community displays, operated by professionals wi...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Last week, I had the opportunity to go to New Haven, Connecticut for a brief but very enjoyable visit. As are most things in my life, much of the trip was centered around food. I did see some historic...

Do you think there are any similarities between the staffing issues at the Union County Sheriff’s office and what is going on at the Marysville schools? We do. The UCSO is going through a transition p...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I have, on multiple occasions throughout the years, written in this space about my vacations. I have written about traveling, about planning, about activities I have done or not done. I have talked ab...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately, complaining in my columns about everything from the plummeting size of soap bars to actual Union County issues. I’m really growing into the character of a grumbler...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

It’s funny how certain aspects of the American public school experience seem to transcend location or era. Still, I think it’s my specific generation that has one gym class experience burned into thei...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

For those of you that read Michael Williamson’s column last week, this might seem like a continuation. Michael wrote about overall corporate greed from the highest possible view, the angle that corpor...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

This week Target announced it would cut prices on up to 5,000 items in stores in an effort to combat inflation’s impact on weary shoppers. Then Wendy’s said it would offer a $3 breakfast meal to do th...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

My son Jonah is a week away from graduating. Thanks to the state’s College Credit Plus program, by the time he goes to Ohio State in the fall, he will be entering his junior year. He will be a politic...

With the stroke of a pen, Nestle moved 200 jobs over to Marysville when they closed the Dublin research facility. The company recently made the decision to increase the size of the Collins Avenue faci...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

As a person who is wider than most, I am pretty aware of my body and its proximity to others. I will wait and hold a door open rather than trying to hustle through to beat another person to the thresh...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I went by a Chick-fil-A the other day and saw the line once again wrapped around the building, an apparent fact of life for that restaurant these days. While that particular establishment seems to see...

Earlier this week pharmacist Joe Craft spoke at the state house in hopes of shedding a light in a dark place concerning the drug prescription business. His emotional plea to law makers was to stem the...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I recently saw a social media post from someone I went to high school with. The post was advertising a home for rent at what appeared to be a great price. The home was in western Pennsylvania, near wh...