Editorials

We, as a community, rally around our seniors. We’ve done it time and time again in so many ways. Four years ago, we were called upon to step up once again when our senior center lost its more than $100,000 in annual federal funding. Four years later, the center still has not regained that funding,…

At the intersection of the misinformation age and a global pandemic, public servants are caught in between, facing dual, competing challenges on unprecedented scales. COVID-19 has come to our door at the same time as a large number of people across our nation and our community have refused facts themselves. Suddenly the very idea of…

Over the next several weeks, we will begin to enter another wave of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts at a pace that will likely — hopefully — only speed up over the coming months. The Forum is prepared and committed to providing all members of our community with the most up-to-date information available about when and where…

It’s been a year unlike any other in recent memory: A contentious election during a global pandemic. At the local level, a water crisis to boot. Although we’ve been forced to be physically further apart than ever — missing out on milestones, events, gatherings, or just plain seeing the people we love — we are…

Especially during a global pandemic, you can’t swing a dead cat (though, especially during a global pandemic, this is not an advisable use of dead cats) without hitting an opinion. Everyone has one, and everyone has an experience to share about how they’ve been affected, or how they’re coping, or how life is marching on…

Here in Maryville, we — rightly — pride ourselves on our sense of community, on our dedication to making it a better place to live and on our commitment to pass those values on to the next generation in the hopes of improving our home even further. Civic commitment in Maryville is a way of…

The machinery that keeps the wheels of democracy turning is we the people. And Tuesday, at the end of a long, arduous election season, the people tasked with keeping our democracy running had a banner day. Across the country, voters cast their ballots, and although many are still being counted days later, that is not…

An open letter to the American public, Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have urged the American people to protect themselves, their neighbors and their loved ones amidst the worst global health crisis in generations. After months of physical distancing and staying at home, infections and deaths began to decline. But in the…