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As a baby boomer there were many gadgets and toys that were designed to keep us busy. We had things like the Slinky, Silly Putty and the skateboard. But on July 12th, 1960, for the low price of …
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Hudson Cooper
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4/12/24
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Power outages and earthquakes are not something we typically get around here. Oh sorry, outages? Yes! Earthquakes? Not really, so let’s just start with the latest power outage.
Andre and I …
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Ramona Jan
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4/9/24
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Guest Recipe
By Shannon Cilento,
Community Development and Communications Manager
Turn up the BEET with this simple and healthy homemade pasta sauce alternative. …
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Claire Burns
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4/5/24
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Daniel Pierce Library Director
Once again it is the best week of the year for bookworms and library lovers everywhere: National Library Week. The official dates are April 7th to April 13th, …
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Beth Wolpert
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4/2/24
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The job of record producer was always to keep intact the integrity of the artist while at the same time defining their sound. In the 70s, different producers had different approaches, all hopefully …
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Ramona Jan
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4/2/24
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Back in the beginning of March, I wrote about seed starting with your kids or grandkids, and I just wanted to show off two of my grandchildren as we planted marigold seeds last Sunday. I went with …
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Jim Boxberger
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3/29/24
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The idiom “a penny for your thoughts” is a polite way of asking someone what is on their mind.” A few months ago, I put one hundred pennies together and wrote a column about the …
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Hudson Cooper
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3/29/24
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The first Keytruda infusion went okay with one exception. The IV nurse, Nancy, got a little nervous. After installing the IV, she quickly pulled it out, bandaged me, and then ran out of the room …
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Ramona Jan
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3/26/24
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This is a follow-up to a column I wrote last month referring to Poppi Soda not containing corn syrup. Well I have had the chance to get some Poppi at Shoprite in Monticello. It wasn’t …
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Jim Boxberger
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3/22/24
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A friend of mine recently purchased a new car. He picked me up and we went for a ride. It was a comfortable ride, but what got my attention were all the gizmos, doodads and what-nots that seemingly …
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Hudson Cooper
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3/22/24
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Today is the first official day of spring, even though it seems we’ve been having spring all winter. Who can complain? Certainly, not me! Seeing that it is spring, I thought to do something …
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Ramona Jan
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3/19/24
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St. Patrick’s Day is on Sunday but I know it’s one of those “special” holidays that folks will begin to celebrate a few days early. Some might even celebrate it a few months …
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Barry Lewis
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3/15/24
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