Community cheers and jeers column highlights local events
The Independent celebrates Akron Children's Hospital pediatrics center opening in Massillon serving up to 40 patients daily and revitalizing a vacant building. It praises Northwest High School students for inclusive prom gesture and honors GateHouse columnist Rick Holmes returning. Also applauds Ohio Coin Machine Association event and staff award, while deriding Derby disqualification chatter and a tragic online rumor about a local death, urging safety and patience.
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Massillon
Country House
Northwest High School
Cam Westfall
Maddy Barabasch
Westfall
Barabasch
Stark County Educational Service Center
Carroll County
Dale Williams
Jonathan Minard
Williams
Stark County
Ohio Coin Machine Association
Memorial Civic Center
Canton
Ohio Highway Patrol
GateHouse
Rick Holmes
America
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Speak Your Mind on The Inde Comment Line and Local Views
Readers are invited to call 330-775-1108 to leave short opinions for publication on the Views Page. Community feedback praises Sarita Cunningham for a second term as councilwoman, while a critic asks about Zion Clark on Ellen and laments downtown Massillon roadwork as messy but potentially worth the final result.
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Inde
Sarita Cunningham
Zion Clark
Ellen Degeneres
Reader poll imagines gifts from Ellen show and spoilage wait
The poll asks what viewers would want as a gift from The Ellen DeGeneres Show with options House Car Lifetime food Dream trip Make a donation or Other Percentages include 31 14 1 21 1 21 11. It also asks how long before spoilers should be shared and directs readers to IndeOnline.com to vote.
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Ellen DeGeneres
Letters to the Independent editor policy overview
The Independent solicits letters to the editor outlining reader opinions. Include name street city or township and daytime phone for verification. Limit to 300 words. edits may occur for length clarity libel or obscene language. One letter per writer per 30 days. form letters or poetry not accepted.
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The Independent Publication Details and Postage
The Independent in Massillon Ohio operates daily except Sundays at 729 Lincoln Way East. It holds exclusive rights to its material under U.S. Copyright law and AP retains rights to local news and AP dispatches. Postage paid in Canton Ohio with address changes directed to Massillon Ohio office.
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Monument Avenue echoes of Lost Cause and Trump shift
In Richmond, the Lee statue on Monument Avenue stands with other Confederate figures as debates over their meaning intensify. The city, under Mayor Lavar Stoney, weighs removal and contextual plaques while adding Arthur Ashe’s memorial and focusing on Shockoe Bottom redevelopment. The piece frames Lost Cause myth as enduring, with Trump’s praise of Lee tying into modern revisionism.
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Obert E. Lee
Baltimore
Memphis
New Orleans
Charlottesville
Monument Avenue
Stonewall Jackson
E.B. Stuart
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Lee
Donald Trump
Davis
Ku Klux Klan
South
Edward Bonekemper III
Trump
Robert E. Lee
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North
Virginia
Gettysburg
Pickett
Bobby Lee
Lavar Stoney
Monument Ave
Arthur Ashe
Stoney
Shockoe Bottom
America
Rick Holmes
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HolmesAndco
Letter to the editor on environment and food waste
Rashad Salters of Perry Township thanks the paper for Earth Day and food waste stories from Kent State at Stark and Las Vegas. He criticizes politicians for downplaying environmental issues and notes daily waste at a North Canton food chain and obstacles to local donation programs.
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Stark
Las Vegas
U.S
China
Union of Concerned Scientists
North Canton
Rashad Salters
Perry Township
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