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To the editor:
At first I paid mild attention to the “Here and There” column of May 17. It reported on the very recent schism between the United Methodist Church (UMC) and a …
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Marshall Rubin, Pennsylvania
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5/27/22
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So here we are, again. Mass shootings have become a regular occurrence in American life. But even we, inured to bad news, are grief-stricken by the news of yet another school shooting …
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5/27/22
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This Monday marks Memorial Day, a time when we pause to remember all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.
The three-day holiday weekend usually marks the …
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5/27/22
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Kept hearing reports recently about the baby formula shortage and in talking with a relative who recently had a baby I was surprised to hear her tell me that she could not get her baby formula.
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Ed Townsend
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5/24/22
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I used to root around in my car for coins when I knew I had to buy something small at the grocery store and didn't have any cash on hand.
Now I simply apologize for pulling out a credit card …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/24/22
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May is designated as National Foster Care month. An initiative of the Children's Bureau, it’s a time each year to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, …
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5/24/22
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Bethel
To the editor:
In his letter of May 13 Steve White, when referring to Jewish expressed concerns over antisemitism causing opposition to Jewish building in Forestburgh refers to the, …
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Dr Phillip Jacobs
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5/20/22
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Tuesday’s budget votes and school board elections across all eight Sullivan County school districts sent a positive sign to educators, residents and administrators.
Following a state-wide …
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5/20/22
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Patrick Scriven is a seminary educated lay person working professionally serving the Pacific Northwest conference of the United Methodist Church as director of Communications and Young People’s …
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Ed Townsend
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5/17/22
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The prom photos flooded social media this weekend — some taken by me, others by the teens’ own parents.
Quickly, I realized that there were faces that I didn’t recognize, and I …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/17/22
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Chairman & District 1 Legislator
Sullivan County Legislature
Bethel
To the editor:
My favorite line from the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan is that “everyone is …
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Robert A. Doherty
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5/17/22
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Salt Point
Member NY Regents Blue Ribbon Commission on Arts
Pathways to Graduation
To the editor:
As has been mentioned elsewhere in your columns, 2022 is a critical year for …
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Gully Stanford
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5/17/22
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Monticello
To the editor:
Change is difficult for those that don’t prepare. In the early 1970s we learned that oil will not be in large supply forever.
We also learned that the …
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Richard Stein
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5/17/22
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We join with all Americans in a sense of shock and horror at this weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo. News broke on Saturday that an 18-year-old man walked into a Tops grocery store armed with …
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5/17/22
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To the editor: “May we never forget the courage and sacrifice of our fallen” During National Police Week, we honor the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers killed in the line …
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William J. Worden, MPA
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5/16/22
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Sometimes so many things change so quickly that they create unforeseen problems. I know that famed motto of the creators of Facebook was “move fast and break things,” and they certainly …
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Kathy Werner
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5/13/22
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Neversink
To the editor:
I watched the Planning, Real Property and Economic Development Committee Meeting of the Sullivan County Legislature on May 5 and was listening to Ken Walter’s …
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Lise Kennedy
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5/13/22
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Upper Delaware RIver Basin
Commission Secretary
To the editor:
Thanks to the sponsorship and hard work done by Representative Jon Fritz, three bills of importance were advanced by the …
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Betty Sutliff
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5/13/22
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Jeffersonville
To the editor:
My family recently attended a Memorial Service held by the Sullivan County Volunteer Firefighters Association to honor 2021 fallen Volunteer Firefighters. …
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Kathleen Welton, Debra George, Donna Schuelie
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5/13/22
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Bethel
To the editor:
I’ve read with disappointment the recent studies that document the dramatic rise in ‘real’ anti-Semitic acts in this country. Why there is such an …
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Was thinking the other day how lucky we were to have good neighbors.
Remember growing up in my teenage years in the Village of Liberty and my mother always going to the next door neighbor and …
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Ed Townsend
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5/10/22
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Last week was a sad one at the Sullivan County Jail in Sullivan County, Tennessee. An inmate passed away due to a medical issue.
I don’t know the inmate.
I don’t know anyone who …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/10/22
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Fremont Center
To the editor:
With the next strain of Covid on the rise, Sullivan County’s overall vaccination rate at just 61% and masking on the decline, the following quote …
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Jim Kayton
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5/10/22
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