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Pretty much everyone who’s been paying attention is disgusted by the way Sullivan County Legislative Chair Rob Doherty has attempted to push through the sale of the Adult Care Center in … more

By BRUCE FERGUSON | 8/5/20

A group of protestors stands at the edge of the Honesdale Central Park along Church Street in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement Thursday, June 4.

Change is overdue

Reading Wayne local Joe Suhosky’s alleged quoted remarks made me shake my head as if to say “not another fear monger.” Regrettably, there still are far too many Joes who believe in … more

By AFI PHOEBE | 8/5/20

'We are borderless, we are together'

The Olympic torch entered an empty stadium in Athens on Thursday, March 19. Within this same marble arena, more than a century ago, the first International Olympic Committee (IOC) brought … more

By NOAH KAMINSKY | 7/29/20

A sad scene

Rose and I were recently returning to Narrowsburg from Honesdale on Route 652 in the early evening. As we drove past Kaiser Strasse, cresting a small rise, the road bent slightly to the right and our … more

By ROBERT A. MEYER | 7/29/20

Should COVID-19 regulations be enforced on all, equally?

Law enforcement and prosecution are part of the Executive Branch of government. The Executive Branch, federal and state, is responsible to enforce the law. Law may consist of legislative enactments, … more

By FRANK J. LABUDA | 7/29/20

Ripping with Cora

I have no qualms about the River Reporter’s front-page headline, “Tusten Goes to the Dogs,” on a recent edition. This is a local newspaper and it needs to address local issues. We … more

By CORA RIPPLE | 7/23/20

Amanda DeMasi at a Wayne County Commissioners meeting.

An open letter to the Honesdale Borough Council:

I’ve been a citizen of Honesdale for about 20 of my 25 years. This is my first time addressing the borough council, but looking at the state of things, it will be the first of many. The July … more

By ERIK GREGORY | 7/22/20

A “nutjob” for accountability

At a commissioner’s meeting on July 10, Wayne County resident Robert Suhosky, quoted in Wayne-Pike News, used the word “nutjob” to describe someone (myself) who has been calling for … more

By LISA GLOVER | 7/22/20

Our children are our future

The White House is now engaging in what can only be described as pure politics; the administration continues to spiral towards oblivion with a plan to kill thousands of children and educators in a … more

By NED SADER | 7/17/20

Successes and failures

Entrepreneurs are commonly defined by their unwillingness to give up and their inclination to stay the course. It is especially true of my time along the Upper Delaware Valley and my hope that the … more

By CHARLES PETERSHEIM | 7/15/20

My pandemic pledge

I have never experienced a Memorial Day like this year’s. There are flags at half staff for the fallen soldiers of innumerable wars and for more than 100,000 fallen U.S. citizens and 350,000 … more

By CHARLES RUBIN | 7/15/20

'Red Clover' and more poetry

The River Reporter welcomes topical creative works. Send your poetry, prose and artworks to copyeditor@riverreporter.com by Sunday at 1 p.m., any week. more

7/8/20

Peaceful protests remaining peaceful

All week I’ve been fixated on images of peaceful protest met by tear gas, diminished by riot. Some images are current, sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. Other images are memory. I … more

By JIM STRATTON | 7/1/20

Being an American means having the right to speak freely, especially when there is injustice.

We asked our readers, ‘What does it mean to be an American?’

Noah Kaminsky, Lake Huntington, NY: The collective American spirit is manifestly destined to escape its Manifest Destiny, which has wildly overgrown our sea-washed, sunset gates and now consigned … more

7/1/20

A shot from the recent march, the third demonstration in Honesdale, on June 18.

Growing a movement in our own backyards

This time it’s different. This time it’s different, I thought while looking out over the crowd of mainly white faces (gathered in Central Park, Honesdale) holding up signs, clearly … more

By BEVERLY STERNER | 6/26/20

Protesters joining the Black Lives Matter In Callicoon event on June 7, 2020.

A mark of change for Callicoon?

CALLICOON, NY — “A Peaceful Gathering To Show Support And Solidarity, Sunday, June 7th at 2pm.” Surprise is what I felt after I saw this flyer on the Facebook group page Living in … more

By Z.A. KOHOLA | 6/24/20

Mocking birds in this 2020 spring

Our seas and rivers look clearer; our air feels fresher, quieter; our streets and roadways are abandoned. Panic shopping for household supplies has passed, only to be replaced by lines of mothers and … more

By B. NIMRI AZIZ | 6/17/20

Without the free press, we will fail

Within the journalism community, there’s outrage over the assaults our fellow journalists have endured covering the unrest in America sparked by the death of a black man, George Floyd, in … more

By JUDY PATRICK | 6/10/20

I am a Republican—Donald J. Trump is not

The time has come to call out those who continue to support a person who, as an impeached President, continues to unravel decades of progress with vitriol hatred, paranoid animosities and no … more

By NED SADER | 6/10/20

You saved her life

Recently while working my garden near the Beaver Kill River in Cooks Falls, a passing black pickup slowed and stopped in front of where I was working. The darkened passenger window rolled down slowly … more

By RODNEY HARDER | 6/3/20

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