So, someone wants to build a group home in North Tonawanda for “troubled youth?” Are they kidding? My family had firsthand experience living near some of these so-called “troubled youth.” It wasn’t pleasant. Do you realize that these kids will be coming from all over? A lot of them are no strangers to the police. The only reason some of these kids aren’t in jail is because of their ages. How are they going to mix veteran’s housing with this kind of thing?

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I saw a Sound-Off about the railroad crossing on Walck Road nearest to the old Durez site. It should be removed but the city is not allowed to touch it. The county and state cannot touch railroads. The railroads have rights-of-way that date back hundreds of years and the federal government took over the railroads about 40 years ago.

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Take down the Mirror Room. The mayor’s heart is in the right place but we don’t need another three or four families in a house with no space around it! They will all be low-income families with a couple kids each and there is no room around the house to hang out. They will be in the streets. Oliver Street needs more green space, not more families packed in like sardines in a can! 

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Why would a person steal a picture of Christ while being disobedient to his commandment “Thou Shalt Not Steal?” This really puzzles me. This heirloom was displayed in my mother’s home since I was a child. As you gazed at the picture of our lord’s face it almost seems like his eyes were opening and closing. I wonder where it will be hung. Hopefully in a home where the lord is loved.

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I was walking my dog Saturday morning on Oliver Street and 11th Avenue when I looked in the field where Roblin Steel used to be. There was a full-size adult coyote sunning himself in the middle of the field. He was watching my little dog with great interest until he saw me staring at him, he then got up and ran to the large dirt pile and looked back to see if I was still looking and, seeing me still watching him, he ran behind the pile. If you have a small pet you should be aware there are predators in our city and a cat or small dog could be taken if let out on their own.

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I just saw on the local news some footage on tape that was released from the government regarding the Oklahoma City bombing. Don’t the news people feel for the McVeigh family, knowing that they have to see this stuff? They were innocent — their son wasn’t — but why do they have to keep bringing this up? There are times when things should be positive in the newspaper. Why do the newspapers and the media have to keep bringing up negativity?