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Rock Hill
To the editor:
County records show reconciled expenses Infinite Care owes the county for operations at the adult Care Center 4Q21 through 4Q22 total over $6.5M. 2023 amounts are …
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Dave Colavito
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3/5/24
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Yesterday, for the first time in four years, we all were gifted with one more day — thanks to the leap year. That’s 24 whole hours more of living, with all of the …
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3/1/24
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I am a journalist who has had to write about suicide-related deaths.
I am also a person who deeply loves a person who died by suicide.
I tell you both of these things to make …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/27/24
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Rhinebeck
To the editor:
Many that are lined up against former President Trump have been poised to be dancing on his grave for quite awhile. The recent ruling of a $355 million penalty in …
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Rex Bridges
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2/27/24
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Liberty
To the editor:
From the news I am hearing the Isrealis are acting just as brutally toward the Palestinians in Gaza as the Nazi did toward the Jews in Europe during World War …
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Brian Shera
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2/27/24
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel with my daughter Liz, son-in-law Peter, and granddaughter Adeline to Universal Studios in Florida. This trip was a combination Christmas and birthday …
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Kathy Werner
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2/23/24
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Narrowsburg
To the editor:
My 14 year old daughter who has mental health issues went to Garnet Hospital in Harris NY seeking help and they had us there for about two hours and finally we …
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Lauren Aumick
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2/23/24
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Cochecton
To the editor:
President Obama & Biden’s ‘Fast n Furious’ gun running program that killed many with no charges brings us to today; Mexico can sue our …
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Don Dittmer
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2/23/24
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Before it was “normal,” before it was “just another shooting,” before it was “thoughts and prayers” galore, there was a time when there was the benefit of the …
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2/20/24
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Imagine my surprise when I went to my Amazon Prime Video channel this past week and discovered that they were now going to show ads while I watched shows unless I paid them an extra three dollars a …
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Kathy Werner
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2/16/24
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I nearly forgot to clear up one little mystery about our Christmas cruise from Vienna to Budapest that I teased in my first article about this trip.
While we were driving into Vienna from …
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Kathy Werner
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2/9/24
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Grahamsville
To the editor:
l wish to personally congratulate Tri-Valley Central School Students Samantha Mentnech (age 17) and Devyn Callahan (age 17) for receiving Regional Awards in the …
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William Brenner
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2/9/24
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I’m not sure when, exactly, I started counting down the days until my child would graduate from school.
Was it on December 14, 2012, as I held tight to my second grader during our …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/6/24
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Glen Wild
To the editor:
Every President has his faults and makes mistakes. Afghanistan could have been done better but at least we’re done with 20 years of occuptaion. Did former …
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Pamela Zaitchick
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2/6/24
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My sister-in-law Susan and I enjoyed our first day on board our Avalon Christmas Market Danube River cruise this past November. We visited the Schonbrunn Palace and then after a most delicious dinner …
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Kathy Werner
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2/2/24
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Monticello
To the editor:
Teacher of the Century award. This is how we describe Eugene Weinstein still running around at 98.
Because of him many of his students have saved the lives of …
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Bill Kapito
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1/30/24
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Liberty
To the editor:
I have been motivated to write this letter by Trump’s victory in the caucus in Iowa. I had hoped that the people in Iowa would have sent Trump and all that he …
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Charlie Barbuti
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1/23/24
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Lake Huntington
To the editor:
In the Friday, January 12th edition of the Democrat, a letter from Steve White of Bethel was published under the heading, “Thank God for THIS …
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M.E. Hubbard
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1/19/24
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Seated on the examination table at my doctor’s office, I was trying to do the math in my head.
If my daughter was 7 or 8 when my new physician’s assistant spent summers as my …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/16/24
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O ur news pages have been full of interesting facts lately and 2024 is shaping up to be a very interesting year for Sullivan County.
Business news seems to be grabbing a lot of headlines as of …
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1/16/24
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Our second full day in Vienna was action-packed. My sister-in-law Susan and I had hoofed it over to the fabulous Sisi Museum in the Hofburg Palace and then wandered back through the streets of …
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Kathy Werner
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1/12/24
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Honesdale, PA
To the editor:
I wanted to say thank you on behalf of the “Travis Canfield Memorial Fund,” with The Dime Bank.
Over many weeks our family has spent countless …
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Kaelin Anderson & Shiann Hook
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1/12/24
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Napanoch
To the editor:
As an alumnus, retired employee and a taxpayer, I feel an obligation to shine a light on what is happening at Tri-Valley Central School.
Recently, …
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Cindy Mickelson
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1/12/24
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To the editor:
Facing east, a stone wall and a clump of trees
The full moon quickly rises up and over thee
When it reaches the open sky
The moon man blows a mighty sigh
A …
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Adelaide Eva Marshall
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1/9/24
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Lake Huntington …
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Don Dittmer
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1/9/24
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