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You gotta love this, otherwise, you’re just nuts
I’m right in the middle of the festival from hell. And I was so prepared this time. I had every reasonable thing done: all the garlic was cleaned and sorted and weighed and bagged, and some … more
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Gov. Hochul, you, too, can protect elections
California Governor Gavin Newsome just signed 13 election protection bills to secure the Midterms. Governor Hochul should follow his lead to safeguard voters and their votes from interference by the … more
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Lack of term limits for elected officials
I am writing to express my concerns about the lack of term limits for many elected officials in New York State and Orange Countygovernment. A few years ago, Assemblymember Brian Maher of the … more
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Lisa Kaul for Senate
Climate change is an immediate, rapidly accelerating threat that is negatively impacting the environment and people all over the world. The Hudson Valley is no exception. Small and large communities … more
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SCOTUS tenure needs reform
A good number of rulings by the conservative majority on the US Supreme Court have favored Trump. Let me recall a few of them to make my point. The earliest one gave Trump broad immunity from … more
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Renaming
To spite Doug Ford, the premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, our president has by executive order “renamed” Lake Ontario “Lake America”. Fortunately, it is not binding outside the … more
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In a world without vinegar
My mother was born at the start of the Roaring Twenties. That means, when the stock market crashed in ’29, she was at the age of peak awareness. My mother was a quintessential child of the Great … more
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Fix our forests act
Waking up in New York is one of the greatest experiences in the world. However, this summer, I woke up to an orange cloud covering the city. The air was hard to breathe, and what could have been a … more
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I almost missed Bennington
I wonder how many of you have ever been hung up by a technology problem that simply could not be resolved? I’m betting a lot of you have. By technology problem, I mean something along the lines of … more
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Riding in the trunk of the car
It’s hard to imagine a more dangerous place to grow up than on a dairy farm. No farm kid would ever think of it in that way. The farm is just what it is. That you move in and out of 60 head of … more
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GOP Senators have shamed themselves
Todd Blanche was recently confirmed as the US Attorney General by a vote of 50-49. Fifty GOP senators voted aye and all the Democrats plus two GOP senators, both women, Susan Collins of Maine and … more
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The Garden of Earthly Delights
When I was a care-free, peripatetic young man with a knapsack instead of a carry-on bag, when I had a ponytail instead of a bald spot, when I had a spring in my step instead of bone spur on my left … more
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Passage of Danney Meyer Act is not enough
The article in the 8/6/2026 edition of the Wallkill Valley Times says that the man arrested for the tragic murder of Jacob Freytes is charged with criminal possession of a weapon and murder. I … more
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The picnic basket, part 3
Gramps parked his blue Buick behind Pop’s black Chevy and the edge of the road was close and steep. The road was gravel and the wood on either side was thick with green needles and dark brown bark. … more
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The picnic basket, continued
We never had vacations. A trip to Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire where Uncle Bill had a cabin, the Florida trip in ’59…I’m trying to think.   And on a dairy farm, in the summer, … more
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24th Annual Gardiner 5K Classic
The Air Quality Index was at an unacceptable level on the scheduled day of the run forcing us to postpone the run to the following day. This was done because of our concern for the health and safety … more
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The unitary executive theory prevails
People, I kept scratching my head trying to reason why the conservative majority of the US Supreme Court has handed down so many rulings in favor of Trump. A while back an attorney friend of mine … more
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The picnic basket
My father knew the mountain very well. Of course, he knew it in his youth too, but, that time he had to sell the cows and he was recuperating, that recuperation gave him all the time in the world. He … more
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Thank you
It is with heartfelt gratitude we would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their participation in Shawangunk’s 250th Birthday Celebration of our country: American Legion … more
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 Gov. Hochul’s letter
Good to hear from Gov. Hochul in last week’s letters to the editor. In her open letter to DHS Secretary Mullin, our governor demanded transparency from Washington. But what about transparency from … more
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