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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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I t has been a challenging time to make ends meet. There’s been an increase in the cost of your groceries, insurance, and, yes, even your utility bill. NYSEG cares about the people we serve, …
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Patricia Nilsen, president and CEO of NYSEG & RG&E
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3/7/25
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A note of apology: To my loyal readers who missed Inside Out last week, I am sorry. Doctor visits and hospitalizations for seasonal flu hit a 15-year-high in the U.S. last month, and yours truly was …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/4/25
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A community needs a few key services to really feel like a secure place to call home. Those might include a post office, a bank, or a good restaurant. But there is another one that most …
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3/4/25
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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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Guest Columnist
My favorite aspect of stand-up comedy is planning out each section of my performance when there are months before the actual show. No pressure, no fast-approaching deadline, just …
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Mike Werner
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2/28/25
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N o one should have to put up with dangerous working conditions – and yes, that includes corrections officers. Right now, 15,000 workers at 38 of New York’s 42 State Prisons are on …
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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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N o matter what you put on it – it can’t be sugar coated. Both the Town and Village of Liberty and the entire county have been hit hard this past week with the shocking news of …
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2/25/25
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Guest Columnist
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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T wenty-eight years to the day on Valentine’s Day, a good man’s life was cut short while doing what he swore to do as a New York State Police Trooper – To Protect and To Serve. That …
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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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Neversink
To the editor:
“ANY MAKE ANY MODEL CAR CLUB” has made the following donations from monies raised at 4 car shows we presented during 2024. Wurtsboro WBOT Paint the Town …
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Thomas Matthews
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2/18/25
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B ills are a part of life, as everyone making their own way in the world will tell you – and it’s true. Everything costs something, and we have to put up the coin to get what we want, and …
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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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V alentine’s Day always has some sort of feeling about it, and depending on your relationship status or any preconceived notions about the holiday, it’s either one of the best days of the …
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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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J ust a glance at the massive ballot for those running for the brand new Livingston Manor-Roscoe school board shows not only that the parents and residents of those communities care deeply about the …
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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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Woodbourne
To the editor:
I am a seven-year resident of the Town of Fallsburg voicing my concerns over the proposed zoning regulations as reported in the Democrat . Since moving into …
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Helen West
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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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I n the wake of newly-inaugurated President Trump’s unprecedented mass pardon of January 6 Insurrectionists, the classic saying “two wrongs don’t make a right” comes to mind. …
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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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F amily – one of the few functions of society that make things not only bearable in tough times, but also over-jubilant when the good times roll.
The people we call family are the …
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1/28/25
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