editorials

Mother’s Day began...

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 …

Comfort Food

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. …

Paula Kay announces candidacy for NYS Assembly 100th District

ROCK HILL, NY — Paula Kay (D, Rock Hill) kicked off her campaign recently at a standing-room-only fundraising event at the Brew in Rock Hill. “I am so grateful to have you all here, and …

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Publishers from across the state, including River Reporter publisher Laurie Stuart, stand with NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, center in suit, who sponsored the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, on March 20. The $30 million annual tax credit refund for the hiring of journalists is now part of the state's FY2025 budget.

Local news coalition efforts are successful

When the Local Journalism Sustainability Act was included in the One House Senate budget with an allocation of $20 million, publishers across the state were ecstatic. Understanding that it was a tax …

If Ever There Was a Time

If ever there was a time, for truth to vanquish lies, for honor to remember sacrifice, for hate to be soothed by forgiveness, It is - today, tomorrow, and forever. If ever there was a day, to …

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Letters to the editor

Laborers’ union thanks Hochul, legislators

Our union fights nonstop for the protections, benefits and opportunities our members deserve. But we cannot accomplish all that we do without our strong leaders and partners in government, such as …

Robin Skibber’s strong showing was impressive

The Pike County Democratic Committee is very encouraged by the results of the April 23 special election. Robin Skibber received 40 percent of the vote—by far a record for a Democrat running for …

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my view

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Closing the affordable housing gap in PA

Households at all income levels are impacted by Pennsylvania’s housing crisis. For affordable housing—where the resident pays no more than 30 percent of their income on housing …

RR photo by Liam Mayo

A condemned building in Monticello.

Opposing the proposed Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act

What follows is a letter written to NY Gov. Kathy Hochul. It is slightly edited. The Association of Supervisors of Sullivan County voted unanimously on April 3, 2024 to send this letter to you …

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river talk

Whodunnit?

the way out here

A tale of two turtles (maybe three)

in my humble opinion

Go fly a kite!

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

You say you want a revolution

Quote of the Week

The sky, the rain and the land

Blogs

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 …

Finding allies

We all need to know about our community. It makes for better decisions. A common set of facts makes for better community cohesion. Local community newspapers, which are focused on the …

Bedridden Ruminations

I have had Crohn's disease for almost 50 years. This means I have had a ringside seat not only to what was once referred to as a 20th-century illness that was treated with 19th-century medicine for …

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