Hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day. Let me update you on my COVID-19 vaccine: My arm was sore for a week. It’s still itchy. Still, it was nothing like the first shot. I have to say, …
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By Eileen Hennessy
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2/18/21
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It’s Monday, as I write this, and it’s snowing out there. I mean really, really snowing. Wasn’t it just last week that I was extolling the power of positive thinking and crowing …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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2/3/21
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(NAPSI)—The prospect of needing long term care may be far from your mind today, but circumstances can change. A long term care event can happen at any age, and the potential financial and emotional …
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1/5/21
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COCHECTON, NY — Since 1879, the red brick pump station building has stood proud, tall and seemingly indestructible at the intersection of State Route 97 and County Route 116. That was the year …
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By LINDA DROLLINGER
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12/30/20
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Sullivan County Public Health Services is working closely with private healthcare provider Middletown Medical to quickly account for missing data arising from a software malfunction earlier this month.
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12/17/20
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — You’ve most likely heard by now that there’s a new Dave at the helm of Sullivan West athletics.
On July 1, the district’s long-standing athletic …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/16/20
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YOUNGSVILLE, NY — Teacher, coach, umpire, referee. These few consequential words define Gerald “Jerry” Davitt’s decades of involvement in local sports. After more than 60 …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/9/20
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What's going on in your community December 3-9
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12/2/20
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That age-old excuse has existed since the first one-room schoolhouse was attended by the first student who had a mongrel at home to blame for not handing in his (or her) assignment on time. Of …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/2/20
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HONESDALE, PA — At a time when the reliability of local health systems seems more important than ever, the Wayne County Commissioners heard from two major community health care providers in …
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By OWEN WALSH
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11/25/20
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In a press release issued at 12:39 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, Meagan K. Galligan declared victory in the race for Sullivan County District Attorney.
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11/21/20
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We are getting closer to Turkey Day—how are you celebrating? My brother Teddy and I were going to go down to Queens to see my sister and two other brothers, along with my sister-in-law and her …
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By Eileen Hennessy
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11/19/20
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HONESDALE, PA — By now, most of us have probably experienced, witnessed or heard second hand about a heated argument breaking out in a grocery store between two customers over the fact that one …
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By OWEN WALSH
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11/18/20
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PENNSYLVANIA — The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has temporarily expanded its ability to backdate Unemployment Compensation (UC) claims from six weeks to up to 52 …
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11/13/20
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ANYTOWN, USA — In the aftermath of the terrible toll taken on human life during the Great War of 1914-1918, President Woodrow Wilson issued a message to the nation declaring that November 11 …
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By TED WADDELL
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11/11/20
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With Veterans Day just around the corner, and November being Military Family Month, I wanted to write about the mental health concerns that military families may face and what they can do about …
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By KIM OLVER
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11/4/20
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ECS reports COVID exposure
ELDRED, NY — News was received on October 22 that an Eldred Central School elementary student tested positive for COVID-19. In a prudent course of action according …
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10/28/20
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HONESDALE, PA — It’s said that neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their rounds. So when bad weather looked imminent on a cold, dreary, overcast …
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By OWEN WALSH
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10/28/20
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HONESDALE, PA — “Ag is the culture of this region,” said Jenna Mauder of The Cooperage at the start of the local nonprofit’s virtual/in-person Farmer-to-Farmer gathering last …
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By OWEN WALSH
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10/21/20
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Damascus Township, the largest of the original townships created in 1798, is still the largest.
Damascus was the site of many historic events, beginning with the first settlement of …
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By ANN O’HARA
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10/14/20
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