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We, the Couponeers, are disappointed, as will be the U.S. Navy and Marine families to whom we send coupons this holiday season.
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11/24/22
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Herschel Walker is still in it. Surprising? Not at all! Look at some of the other races. We no longer need a candidate who understands issues, can poll the constituency, debate others and present a …
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11/16/22
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There was a meeting of the [Sullivan County] Legislature this morning to discuss the impending “garbage calamity,” which will occur in two to three years, when the landfill that we are currently trucking our garbage to closes.
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11/9/22
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As an ordinary voter, I sometimes wonder how important it is to vote; how much effect can one person’s vote have? Nevertheless, I have never missed voting in any general or primary election
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11/2/22
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I am tired of all the negativity and mean-spiritedness surrounding the elections. These are the candidates that I am supporting, because they have actually come to Wayne County, where I live, many times, and have listened to what the locals are concerned about.
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10/27/22
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At the end of 2021, the Tusten Town Board opted OUT of allowing cannabis dispensaries, as well as on-site consumption establishments in Tusten.
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10/18/22
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For Wayne and Susquehanna county, PA, my state house representative, Jonathan Fritz, is hosting a concealed-gun seminar on October 14.
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10/5/22
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Regarding Councilor David Nilsen’s remark at a June Honesdale Borough Council meeting that he shouldn’t be referred to as a man because he identifies “as an eggplant,” perhaps I have the solution.
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9/28/22
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Residents of Pennsylvania should be proud of their history in the building of the American labor movement.Our ancestors fought for better wages, reasonable hours, safer working conditions, an end to child labor. The movement gave health benefits and provided aid to workers who were injured or retired.
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9/14/22
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There is a response deadline of 9/12/22 to the Dept. of Ed.'s proposed changes for the Title IX section of the 1972 civil rights legislation. No congressional oversight is planned.
Their …
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9/8/22
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Half of all veterans identify as political independents, and voters increasingly register as unaffiliated with any party.
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9/6/22
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When others I know have moved out of New York, they asked, “When are you going to leave?”
I have always replied that I don’t want to move. My entire family lives here. The farm …
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8/31/22
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I was excited to see the headline “Saving our world from becoming Planet Plastic” (Sustainability, July 21-27).
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8/24/22
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Remember years ago when the Town of Tusten kinda banished the prospect of ecotourism from Tentrr in Tusten Township? Because they didn’t like the five-gallon bucket for poo with disposable compostable bags?
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8/17/22
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Family reunion underscores value of whole milk
Recently members of the Tewksbury family and friends gathered for a mini-family reunion; it included four generations of the Arden Tewksbury …
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8/10/22
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In years past, the ideological divide on the country’s highest court was a less severe, but nonetheless ever-present, reality with conservative thought espousing “originalism” and supposedly hallowed traditions, and with liberals reaching for new and more just norms for all of the American people.
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8/2/22
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Regarding redistricting of the nine legislative districts: I am concerned about the three map-based proposals from Main Street Communications (Option 1, Option 2 and Option 3) that are available on the Sullivan County website. It is difficult to compare these new maps to the current district map.
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7/26/22
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I understand how painful it is to lose a family member suddenly. There are so many memories that collide, and no lack of anecdotes about a man who was indeed “a man about town,” as was …
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7/20/22
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