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I clearly remember the day forty years ago that I found out that our second child was going to be a boy. I was about eight months pregnant and seeing my obstetrician quite regularly. After he …
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Kathy Werner
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7/30/21
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To the editor:
What in the world are we doing?
George Washington spent many years of his life fighting for freedom for our young country, strongly resisting third presidential terms, types of …
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The war against hunger and food insecurity is not a new one, in fact many well-respected world leaders and thinkers have made many impactful statements about it in the past. One quote that comes to …
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7/30/21
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In a front page article July 16 by Democrat staff writer Isabel Braverman the headline above the story states, “Early voting: Is it worth it?”
Braverman while attending a legislature …
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Ed Townsend
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7/27/21
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An eagle! An eagle!
Now imagine someone yelling it but in a tone that’s both mocking and amused.
Welcome to live with a Sullivan County teenager.
I should have expected this. I was one …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/27/21
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Lake Huntington
To the editor:
We have split the atom but can’t stop ‘preventable’ overdose deaths!
Over seven years of talks, forums, discussion tables and think-tanks …
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To the editor:
This is in response to William A. Brenner’s Letter to the Editor published on July 2.
I am sorry sir, but you are misinformed. Mr. Scagnelli did not send in a letter of …
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Narrowsburg
To the editor:
Regarding the Executive Order (202.1) [www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-2021-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency] signed by …
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Anthony Ritter
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7/27/21
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There was an old lady who—almost—swallowed a fly. And that old lady was me!
I made myself a nice cup of tea (is there any other kind?) and had finished half of it when my two doggies, …
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To the editor:
My driver’s license came due last August and I had all my info ready to prove who I was, where I lived, etc. in order to get a REAL ID license but with COVID, DMV was not …
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Condominium safety is on the mind of many following the building collapse in Surfside, Florida.
According to an article in the Associated Press, professionals in the condominium business say …
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Ed Townsend
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7/20/21
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Growing up just feet from the river, there were always rules.
You respected the river’s power. This was the unspoken rule, and yet it was the biggest one too — the one that stuck hard …
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Jeanne Sager
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7/20/21
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