Your Turn: Your Feedback On Food Stamps, Severance Photo & Carthage School Budget

More people in the north country are using food stamps to get by than ever before.

It’s all because of high food prices and changes in the food stamp program:

“There is another side of the story that must be looked at. As the price of food has gone up dramatically, the amount of food stamps recipients get has not changed. There will definitely be an increase in traffic into food banks as many will not be able to buy enough food with the allowances now being given.”

Virginia Blakely

After 98 years of doing business in downtown Watertown, Severance Photo closed its doors over the weekend.

We received numerous emails about the closure:

“As a very small boy I can remember going to Severance many times. Then through the years I went there by myself. It’s sad to see another Watertown landmark close.”

Jim Whitbeck
Sicamous, BC, Canada

“I was very happy with the products, prices and especially the attentive service there!”

Vinton Tarrant

“It is very sad to see what is happening to downtown Watertown. I honestly feel for every small business owner that is still trying to make it in the day of big box stores.”

Susan Gamble

“Thanks for everything that you have done for me and my family over the years. Your staff and your services will be greatly missed. No one in the local area will ever come close to your customer service or your photo print quality.”

Jacqueline Madera

There will be no special education job cuts in the Carthage Central School District budget. The school board also lowered the tax levy increase to 6.8 percent.

Here’s a sampling of your messages:

“Common sense prevails at last! Cutting necessary student services and teaching positions is not the way I want the CCS budget reduced. Keep the good teachers, pay them more and reduce the administrator count, please.”

Deb Pierce

“We need another tax cut of at least 4 percent. We cannot continue to pay such high taxes. The cost of living has gone up so high that most of us taxpayers are struggling to keep our homes.”

See Diane Rutherford’s report:

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Helena Pate