At last count, an online petition asking the new owners of Peck’s Markets to close the doors to its local grocery stores on Thanksgiving Day had more than 840 signatures.
As the …
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Jeanne Sager
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11/19/24
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I wasn’t expecting to find hope in a high school hallway.
Late last week, I had the honor of capturing senior portraits for the Liberty High School senior class.
For …
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Jeanne Sager
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11/12/24
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If you’ve driven around Sullivan County, or anywhere in upstate New York, in the past few weeks, you’ve likely seen at least a few yard signs calling on you to “protect girls …
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Jeanne Sager
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10/22/24
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It’s that time of year when the world is cast in pink to remind us all that breast cancer is a very real — and very dangerous — disease.
One in eight American women will …
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Jeanne Sager
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10/8/24
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This year marks the first time my 19-year-old will be able to cast a vote for president.
Like most of Gen Z, they’re chronically online, which means their preparations for Election …
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Jeanne Sager
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10/1/24
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This is the story of how a missing stop sign was replaced in my town.
I was just a few hundred feet from home when it happened — a driver came to the end of one road and made a …
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Jeanne Sager
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9/24/24
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We’ve been through this before. This time though, it’s in reverse. This time, the feelings are different.
When the dining room filled with bags and boxes in early May, I was …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/20/24
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This time of year it’s not uncommon to be driving down a roadway in our county and find a section has been closed down for a few hours.
Sometimes it’s for a parade or a street …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/6/24
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To truly explain why it’s so surprising that I now spring out of bed before 6 a.m. excited to greet the day, I need to take you back 19 years and a few months to the time when my co-workers …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/30/24
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And just like that, it’s all changed.
Sunday morning, we woke up in a world where two aging white men were the top runners for president.
Monday morning, we woke up in …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/23/24
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One glance wasn’t enough. I had to look again to make sure I wasn’t seeing things, but I was right the first time.
It wasn’t even 6:30 in the morning, and a child …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/16/24
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A s soon as I snapped the photo, I knew it was one I would want to share with the world.
As Liberty High School seniors played a final song with their high school band, I’d captured …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/9/24
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I spent last week hundreds of miles from home with more than 100 people who have never been to our corner of the world.
A few had come near — those with spouses who grew up in …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/2/24
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I know that some readers do not understand the need for a Pride Month.
Perhaps you’re in the particularly vocal camp that’s taken to local-focused social media groups to let …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/25/24
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“If anything’s certain in life, it certainly isn’t the fate of the Callicoon bridge. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has plans to do . . . well, …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/18/24
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It’s a tradition you can count on — come the second Sunday in June, tractors will roll through Callicoon, and hundreds of onlookers will ooh and ahh.
Some of those tractors …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/11/24
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If you happened to be near an emergency scanner this weekend, you may have heard a call go out for emergency medical services once, then again, and then several more times, a 911 dispatcher trying …
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Jeanne Sager
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6/4/24
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I used to think May was an odd time of the year for America to mark Mental Health Awareness Month.
Why not in December when so many of us struggle with the overwhelm of the holidays …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/21/24
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When I’d enter the side door of the school, I had two choices.
I could turn right immediately, head up the stairs and venture past the gym first, then the cafeteria before making …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/23/24
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Have you noticed a new pattern emerging in those “where you are from” conversations?
The shift was slow at first, only for it to take on hyperspeed since the pandemic began. …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/16/24
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The emergency room practitioner needed to share just two words for the stress sitting at the base of my skull to start thrusting its elbows outward in both directions, pushing to take over control of …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/9/24
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Imagine, for a moment, that you’re standing in line somewhere.
Perhaps it’s the post office, or maybe it’s the grocery store. Or possibly you’re standing in the …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/2/24
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Growing up, most of us learn that the keys to doing well and advancing in a job are working hard and keeping your nose clean.
It’s true ... mostly.
Here’s what …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/26/24
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You’re going to be terrified of your kid doing the sorts of things at 18 (almost 19) that you once did quite easily at 17.
This is one of the (many) things I’ve learned during …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/19/24
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If you caught the front page of the Democrat last week, you already know the news for parents seeking childcare in our county is bleak.
The Hudson Valley as a whole has seen a 27 percent …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/12/24
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