I get railroad retirement being a widow of a retired railroad worker. more...Social Security recipients received a 3.65 percent rate increase, but railroad retirement widows/widowers received a notice that they would not receive an increase. |

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I get railroad retirement being a widow of a retired railroad worker. more...Social Security recipients received a 3.65 percent rate increase, but railroad retirement widows/widowers received a notice that they would not receive an increase. |
| 02/08/2012 8:25pm |
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Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release would like to thank everyone who helped to make our 2012 calendar sales such a success. Special thanks to Karen Johnston for all her great work putting the calendar together.
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| 02/08/2012 8:24pm |
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The Penn Valley Hi-Graders Lions Club would like to thank all of the people who attended for their continued support of the annual “All You Can Eat Crab Feed” on January 20 and 21.
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| 02/07/2012 8:52pm |
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No, actually I meant to say flat tax. We need it in the USA. I'm tired of the class warfare.
I don't care if rich people are rich and poor people are poor and the rest of America fits somewhere in the middle of the sandwich. |
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| 02/07/2012 8:51pm |
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It's hard to see Republican primary candidates as grown-ups, let alone potential world leaders.
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| 02/07/2012 8:49pm |
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Thanks to the Nevada County Tea Party Patriots for including Libertarians and Occupy Movement (Nevada County) at their last board meeting. They are really inclusive of all walks of life!
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| 02/07/2012 8:47pm |
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A very special thank you to Premier Floor Coverings for their amazing job installing the carpet for our new gymnastics floor. Dan, his office staff, and his crew were professional, friendly, and bent over backward to make this work for us. The gymnasts...
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| 02/07/2012 8:45pm |
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I am so pleased that Fred Perry (Other Voices, Jan. 21, 2012) also regards the ruminations of George Rebane as a “cheap piece of partisan hackery.” It's not surprising that the archaic old guard is fading away.
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| 02/07/2012 8:44pm |
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The current U.S. Congress is operating like fraternity boys hazing new pledges. The American people are not amused.
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| 02/06/2012 9:10pm |
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I live on Mystic Mine Road, about three-tenths of a mile from the nearest fiberoptic cable. I don't know if it belongs to Comcast or AT&T.
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| 02/06/2012 9:09pm |
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The “Bradley Manning and the fog of war” article alleged that a helicopter killed journalists in Baghdad. Manning betrayed a video of this as part of the hundreds of thousands of government secrets he betrayed to Wikileaks to expose those...
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| 02/06/2012 9:06pm |
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The Union, on Jan. 6, the front page reported that our governor may cut $5 billion from school funding. Just the day before it was announced that a law will go into effect next year giving illegal aliens grants for tuition in California colleges.
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| 02/06/2012 9:05pm |
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I am not approaching you as a politician, but coming to you as your public servant. I am a firefighter who has concern not only for the fire district, but the security of those for whom I wear a badge. Due to the current economy, this talented, growing...
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| 02/03/2012 5:42pm |
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Volunteer firefighters are the most community minded, selfless and dedicated people I know. Volunteer departments are most successful in rural communities of less than 2,500 people and low call volumes. Couldn't the Nevada County Consolidated Fire...
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| 02/03/2012 5:41pm |
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Last week I heard Chief Tim Fike's presentation to several homeowners, and everyone present indicated their approval for the February ballot measure. See “Presentation and Handout” on the Nevada County Consolidated Fire District website at...
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| 02/03/2012 5:39pm |
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Lyle R. Johnson passed away on Jan. 20, 2012, in Grass Valley. He was 79.
Lyle was born on Aug. 22, 1932, to Royal Johnson and Clara Dahl in Duluth, Minn. He attended Duluth Central High School. |
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| 02/02/2012 9:01pm |

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