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To the editor:
As Rockland Central approaches its first budget vote, we are standing at a crossroads.
While financial responsibility is important, it would be a mistake to nickel-and-dime …
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4/29/25
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To the editor:
As Monticello looks at a proposal for floating solar panels, it should ask about water pollution and the declining value of the electricity.
The water pollution comes …
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4/29/25
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Bethel
To the editor:
Did you watch the March 20 Sullivan County Legislature Executive Committee Meeting? You should. Especially around 59:53.
Legislator Terry Bernardo discusses her …
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Rob Doherty
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4/25/25
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Co-founder,
Beyond Plastics Sullivan County
Co-founder, Sustainable Sullivan
To the editor:
You learn so much reading the newspaper. I, for example, just learned that I am …
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Rebekah Creshkoff
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4/25/25
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Rock Hill
To the editor:
When President Biden returned U.S. citizens Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, and Evan Gerskovich home after being held captive in Putin’s Russia, Americans …
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Dave Colavito
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4/25/25
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Liberty
To the editor:
My name is Sandra Hanofee, I am graduating from Liberty High school as a senior, with the class of 2025. I would like to share my frustration about Liberty Central …
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Sandra Hanofee
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4/25/25
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Cochecton
To the editor:
You know the old saying we were taught as children “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me,” is mostly true. …
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Larry Richardson
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4/25/25
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Kiamesha Lake
To the editor:
On March 31, 2025, The Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) was shut down.
This has caused grants to shut down six months earlier than …
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Lynn Skolnick
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4/25/25
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Kauneonga Lake
To the editor:
The answer to adding more reasonably priced housing here in Sullivan County is through utilization of an existing NYS law that permits the construction …
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John Maniec
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4/22/25
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Milanville, PA
To the Editor:
PennDOT is holding a ”cultural mitigation” meeting for Skinners Falls Bridge in person and on zoom on Wednesday, April …
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Cynthia Nash
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4/22/25
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Town of Fallsburg
To the editor:
Friday, April 25 is Arbor Day, a day well worth celebrating, especially in the Town of Fallsburg where we give license to developers to clear cut forests …
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Ann Prusinki
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4/22/25
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Farmer
Woodbourne
This letter was addressed tothe the Town of Fallsburg Board and sent to the Democrat for publication.
To the editor:
I am writing to add a very …
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Jerry Skoda
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4/22/25
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To the editor:
Once again, members of the Liberty community are gathered to demonstrate our displeasure with the proposed new PUD (Planned Unit Development) law. We are pleased that the Town …
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4/18/25
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To the editor:
I miss my friend, and judging by the long line inside and outside of Colonial Funeral Home, I’m not alone. People from all parts of the county: politics, education, …
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4/11/25
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To the editor:
When we elect and then send our upstate legislators to Albany, we expect that they will be inspirational and unique individuals who will lead rather than blindly follow the wishes …
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4/8/25
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Damascus, PA
To the editor:
In recent years, the state of Journalism has severely diminished due to political partisanship, financial influences and just plain ignorance. Often, it’s …
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Paul McKibbins
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3/28/25
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Supervisor
Town of Forestburgh
To the editor:
Even though it is the Town [of Forestburgh] policy to not comment on litigation, I feel I must comment on the article written by Derek …
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Dan Hogue
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3/21/25
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Livingston Manor
To the editor:
As an older fellow, able to look back on many decades of matters of health care, I consider myself to be very lucky. I have ‘good genes’, have …
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Jim Newton
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3/18/25
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Sustainable Sullivan
Callicoon
To the editor:
In a letter dissing the current Sullivan County Legislature, its former chair, Rob Doherty, recently asserted that the county “does …
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Rebekah Creshkoff
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3/14/25
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Ferndale, NY
To the editor:
On March 3, the Liberty Town Board held a public hearing to revisit its Planned Unit Development (PUD) law, but the new version of the law appears to be even …
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Yvonne Gómez
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3/7/25
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Livingston Manor
To the editor:
The Skinners Falls bridge as it stands is not an environmental hazard. NY and PA need a way to keep this historic bridge, built by the American Bridge Co., …
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Dolores Wehrfritz
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3/7/25
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Callicoon Center
To the editor:
On March 20th the Sullivan West High School Student Council is hosting a blood drive from 2:30-6:30 PM in the high school cafeteria. You can register to …
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John Dworetsky
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3/7/25
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Liberty
To the editor:
I believe that we should care for our neighbors. It is a tenet of many religions.
Yet, today we are seeing daily instructions from the Oval Office that do not …
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Martha Scoppa
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3/7/25
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Glen Wild
To the editor:
Thank you for your editorial of Feb.18 and your attention to NYSEG. I have received two monthly bills, one for $635.55 and one for $881.75. It is my understanding …
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Pamela Zaitchick
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2/28/25
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Campbell Hall
To the editor:
As the petition period for the Republican primary starts this week, I wanted to touch on a few things:
I retired in 2023 as the first female Zone Commander …
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Reva Navarro
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2/25/25
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