A. In 1858, when Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker, organized “Mother’s Work Days” to improve the sanitation and avert deaths from disease-bearing insects and seepage …
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Weather is turning colder; It’s time for comfort food. Food for the budget-minded, But fit for a king! Grandma’s ham pot pie, Or her New England boiled dinner. …
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Letters to the editor
A successful Patriots and Loyalists Day

The Delaware Company would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who attended our Patriots and Loyalists event at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History on Saturday, July 13. It was a …

Supporting Paula Kay

With the primary season now complete, I thought it was a good time to point out what is at stake in our local race for the 100th Assembly District to succeed Aileen Gunther and to point out why our …

my view
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Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress (Pattern) recently released “Out of Reach 2024,” a new report that illustrates the steep rise in housing costs over the past year, as surging rents and …
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New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) president Chris Summers denounced the plans by the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision …
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
A recipe for living softly

 I often think that no one has an exclusive line on the truth.  Although, it does seem that there are qualities that we can cultivate to live softly and in harmony with each other and our …

Peace matters

The moral of The City Mouse and the Country Mouse is that inner peace matters.  And that scarcity with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty. Here's what …

In the Summertime

"In the Summertime" harks back to Mungo Jerry's lead singer Ray Dorset's experience of summertime in Hampshire with his extended family. It reached number one in charts around the world, debuting on May 22, 1970. 

Blogs

A greater good 

The failure of the president’s inner circle must be held accountable as the citizens of this nation have been lied to about the well-being of our commander in chief.  President Joseph …

A greater good

The failure of the president’s inner circle must be held accountable as the citizens of this nation have been lied to about the well-being of our commander-in-chief. President Joseph P. …

On emotional scars and deep loss in generational trauma

I am not a Holocaust survivor in the classic sense. Neither my body nor my person experienced the horrors of the Concentration camps and the systematic torture and wanton murders of the Nazi killing …