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Back in 2017, which is somehow 8 years ago, I was venturing out and trying new things. I have been a student of stand-up comedy for a very long time and really wanted to see if I …
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Mike Werner
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2/21/25
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“Yes ... if it’s not snowing.”
This was the answer an uncle gave me recently when I asked if he’d be free for lunch a few weeks into the future. It’s an answer …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/18/25
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I recently found a puzzle board for my sister Laurie. It is about two feet wide and three feet long and has four side drawers to help in sorting all those puzzle pieces.
Can’t really say …
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Kathy Werner
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2/14/25
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It’s not how they act at home. It’s how they act when they’re in public.
Every parent has heard this — or a version of it anyway — over the years.
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Jeanne Sager
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2/11/25
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Where to start? Well, the new administration has come in with a wrecking ball in an unprecedented executive branch power grab. Their aim is to dismantle what the right has long vilified as the Deep …
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Kathy Werner
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2/7/25
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Along with his estimate, the contractor said something most of us likely wouldn’t expect to hear from someone in the service industry.
Naming another, much larger, competitor, he …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/4/25
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I have the best brother in the world. Sorry, you can’t have him. He’s taken.
Since his earliest days as the youngest (and only) boy with four older sisters, he’s had to be a …
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Kathy Werner
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1/31/25
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There’s been much talk nationwide about the fate of the U.S. Department of Education. The new presidential administration has threatened to abolish the federal government agency, and at least …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/28/25
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Today is my granddaughter Adeline’s eleventh birthday. The bond between a grandparent and a grandchild is one of the most special and cherished relationships in life. My granddaughter …
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Kathy Werner
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1/24/25
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I recently read a lengthy apology from a local small business owner who had to shutter the business for a few weeks to deal with some health and family concerns.
My immediate reaction may …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/21/25
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I was checking out at the pharmacy when the text arrived.
“Your vehicle has an unpaid toll. To avoid excessive charges ...” The warning was followed up with a link to a …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/14/25
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Chances are you’ve driven around the county of late with heat blowing at full blast from the vents in your vehicle, a thick parka wrapped around you to fight the bitter cold.
Maybe …
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Jeanna Sager
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1/7/25
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2024 was quite a year. It was a year of happiness and of profound sadness. A year of travel and a year of enjoying the coziness of home. A year of hope and hard work and of great disappointment on …
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Kathy Werner
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1/3/25
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Raise your hand if you gave up making new year’s resolutions because you knew you’d just end up breaking them.
If you’re reading this in the diner or the gas station, …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/31/24
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The holiday season may be best known for lighting candles, ho hos, and mistletoe, but it’s also the top season for charitable donations.
The fourth quarter — or Q4 in …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/17/24
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We are about to enter the Fast Forward part of the year. I, for one, can’t believe we have reached the end of November! And that there are only five minutes until Christmas!
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Kathy Werner
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11/29/24
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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 choked on my cocoa today when I heard that Matt Gaetz might be our next Attorney General. I felt like that bewildered kid in the viral video who is waking up from gas after a dentist visit and …
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Kathy Werner
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11/15/24
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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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