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As a writer, I utilize television to gather a wealth of “random thoughts” that often result in a column.
Recently I was fortunate to be given the chance to develop a …
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Hudson Cooper
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1/19/24
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There once was a delivery boy named Neil who worked at a small health food store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where I used to live. The best thing about this store, the name of which …
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Ramona Jan
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1/16/24
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Cream of broccoli soup is one of my absolute favorites. In preparing for the storm this past weekend, I made a large batch of this paired with gruyere grilled cheese’s on my panini press. …
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Claire Burns
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1/12/24
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Well the crazy weather is at it again. Snow for a few days and then rain and flooding, besides being a pain in the neck for us, our plants are having a hard time coping as well. Last week just before …
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Jim Boxberger
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1/12/24
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Jett’s a navy man. I can tell by the T-shirts he wears; each says something about the navy, mostly in logo form, and indeed when asked he confirms he’s a veteran. But I don’t ask …
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Ramona Jan
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1/9/24
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I’m not one for making resolutions.
That’s because I usually don’t have good ones to make.
Like everyone, I promise to exercise more, cut down on wasteful spending and …
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Barry Lewis
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1/5/24
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Predictions for 2024, the sun will rise and the sun will set. I’m sticking to the easy ones as my prediction for an early winter was way off. With the severe Canadian wildfires this …
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Jim Boxberger
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1/5/24
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To paraphrase a line from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” …TV, or not TV? That is the question. That thought popped into my head when I suffered the slings and arrows of the …
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Hudson Cooper
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1/5/24
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When I was a kid, a popular expression was DRY UP if you wanted to shut someone up. Well apparently I was asleep at the wheel because for days now I have had very dry skin despite …
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June Donohue
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1/3/24
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In a letter to the editor in Tuesday’s edition of the Democrat , the Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs of Sullivan County, gave reasons why the annual coyote hunt should be allowed to …
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Jim Boxberger
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12/29/23
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As I mentioned in my last column, my friend Maria was a firm believer in Miracles. Even though a doctor had told her that her son, Eddy should be institutionalized because he’d never …
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June Donohue
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12/29/23
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I’ve been to Garnet Health
I’ve been to Harris
I stayed at CMC
that’s down in Scranton
I’ve seen the walls of Wayne
I go by ambulance
I’ve …
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Ramona Jan
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12/26/23
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