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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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Don Dittmer
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1/9/24
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Livingston Manor
To the editor:
Several years ago, when Donald Trump was running his early campaign for the highest office in the land, he was recorded on tape making fun of and mocking a …
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Jim Newton
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1/9/24
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Four thousand steps.
That’s how many we’re supposed to take daily if we want to reduce our risk of dying, at least according to the largest study to date on the topic. …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/9/24
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Monticello
To the editor:
The Abandoned Animals Problem in the Village of Monticello Needs to be Addressed.
The Village of Monticello has a serious problem with abandoned cats. …
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Maria Newman
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1/5/24
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Cochecton
To the editor:
If the Sullivan Ccounty Democrat covered it, I missed the public comment period on the $19 million Sullivan County International Airport “terminal …
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NIna Burleigh
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12/29/23
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Neversink
To the editor:
After over 20 years as Town of Neversink Historian, it’s time for me to turn the page on this part of my life. My parting words include a shout-out to Town of …
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Carol Smythe
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12/29/23
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Gary Muthig
Kieth Krause
Hank Samyn
Carl Lindsley
Sportsmen’s Federation
To the editor:
New York State’s ban of coyote hunting contests will have several …
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Gary Muthig, Kieth Krause, Hank Samyn, Carl Lindsley
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12/29/23
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I t’s easy to find yourself in a similar mindset to George Bailey from the Christmas classic, It’s A Wonderful Life (1946), where the results of one’s good deeds aren’t …
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12/26/23
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Eldred
To the editor:
Oppenheimer’s Cold War legacy lives on Staten Island, which is an exciting movie but very disappointing from a New York perspective. In many respects, other than …
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William Lenczuk
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12/22/23
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Mongaup Valley
To the editor:
Yes, as difficult as it is to admit it, I am a senior citizen and have been for some time now. As I grow older I find difficulty in accomplishing certain daily …
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Geri Schwarz
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12/22/23
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W e take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
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12/22/23
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There are plenty of groups you can split humanity into cleanly — the “toilet paper over” people vs. the “toilet paper under” people, the ones who would load the salsa …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/19/23
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