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The first thing I noticed about the tiny little hand poking out the tractor window was the face behind it smiling down at my camera and me.
The second thing was the dirt, traces of it …
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Jeanne Sager
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9/16/25
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A ccording to a new study by UNICEF, for the first time across the globe, children who are overweight have surpassed children who are considered underweight. This is a shocking statistic that …
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9/16/25
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My name is Ajah, and I am a mother to a beautiful one-year-old boy. Today, I write to you not just as a parent, but as one of many families devastated by the recent pause in the Child Care Assistance …
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9/12/25
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If you believe everything you read, you would think the seated legislature just created a grant program to increase rental and affordable housing stock rentals and housing by utilizing $2 million …
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9/12/25
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Nothing could be more enjoyable than a laid-back afternoon spent wandering through downtown Callicoon.
Callicoon remains the lively town I knew in my youth, although of course the stores …
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Kathy Werner
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9/12/25
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T his week New York State launched the Universal School Meals Program, providing free lunch and breakfast for students.
The new initiative ensures every single one of New York’s 2.7 …
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9/12/25
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I f you were born before September 11, 2001, then you remember where you were on that day. Vivid memories can swirl about on this anniversary, just like many other watershed moments in American …
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9/9/25
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Standing in the pouring rain on Monticello’s Broadway on Saturday, I had just one thought: Not again!
The Sullivan County Volunteer Firefighters’ Association and the Monticello Fire …
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Jeanne Sager
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9/9/25
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The days of summer have passed all too quickly, as they always do, and the days of new backpacks, empty notebooks and sharp pencils are upon us. Students wonder who will be in their …
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Kathy Werner
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9/5/25
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G rowth is inevitable. The question for small towns is not whether change will come, but how to shape it in ways that strengthen community, preserve character and ensure long-term prosperity. …
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9/5/25
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A
s the sun sets on summer vacation and school doors swing open once again, we welcome students to the start of a brand-new academic year.
This season is always filled with …
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9/2/25
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It was one of those things we’d been planning to do for ages. “We need to get together,” we’d say in our birthday text messages. “We should plan something,” …
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Jeanne Sager
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9/2/25
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My granddaughter Adeline, sister Laurie, and I walked through the Fenimore Farm and Country Village in Cooperstown (formerly known as The Farmers Museum) as the sun blazed overhead. We took a ride on …
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Kathy Werner
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8/29/25
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To the editor:
It has come to the Partnership’s attention that New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) is requesting an increase to electric and gas rates. On the surface, public …
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Marc Baez
President, Sullivan County Partnership
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8/28/25
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You’ve spent the entire day at a friend’s home, and it’s time to leave. You look around and realize that various members of your family have discarded the following items in various …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/26/25
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V olunteering one’s time to help others is a deed that should be recognized frequently.
We have great admiration for those who serve in our area’s fire departments and …
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8/26/25
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My granddaughter Adeline and I arrived safe and sound at the historic Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown. The Otesaga Hotel was built in 1909 by Stephen Carlton Clark and his brother Edward Severin …
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Kathy Werner
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8/22/25
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The upper Delaware River is one of the cleanest rivers in America. Its pristine waters and surrounding forests have garnered it the name of a “Wild and Scenic” river.
Since 1978, the 73 miles …
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8/22/25
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How do you get a squatter out of your backyard?
If that particular squatter is listed on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies, you have a few options.
You …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/19/25
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T his past week was the 56th anniversary of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held right here in Bethel. The lasting legacy of this world-famous music festival can still be felt, but we fear …
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8/19/25
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I n this issue you will find our 20-page Back to School issue, complete with a school-by-school breakdown of vital information needed for that big day - which is only two-and-a-half weeks away.
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8/15/25
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My granddaughter Adeline and I have just returned from a mini-vacation in mid-upper-upstate NY, and it was delightful. Our ultimate destination was Cooperstown and the beautiful Otesaga Hotel, …
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Kathy Werner
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8/15/25
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T.S. Eliot may have once convinced the world that April was the cruelest month, but these days I’m inclined to disagree.
August takes all the hope of early summer and manages to …
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Jeanne Sager
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8/12/25
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W ait time: 5 minutes
Wait time: 17 minutes
Wait time: 28 minutes
Next available appointment: Two months from now
Sound familiar?
Many Sullivan County residents …
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8/12/25
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The last few days have been very hazy as smoke from Canadian wildfires drift in our direction. Makes you realize that Mother Nature doesn’t care about the borders that man has created; …
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Kathy Werner
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8/8/25
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