As an artist, I choose to spend a lot of time alone making art. However, since the COVID-19, I am, like most of us on the planet, pushed into a solitary existence most of the time. Drawing has kept …
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1/27/21
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On Sunday, March 8, 2020, I was limping home up 3rd Avenue and 97th Street in NYC at about 2:30 pm. I had just completed teaching my 13th dance and/or pilates class in two days; I taught 25 dance and …
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1/27/21
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You’ve got to admit, 2020 was a doozy of the year. In fact, it has upended everything we thought was relatively stable.
Basic health, for one: You cannot simply go about your day and assume …
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By LAURIE STUART
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1/6/21
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“The eyes are the mirror of the soul.”
Up until today, I was under the impression that prolific playwright William Shakespeare had penned those words, but when I began fact-checking, I …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/30/20
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I began this year with unsubstantiated optimism: 2020, The Year We See Things Clearly.
With 2020 coming to a close, I can see where I could have been very wrong about that. Of late, reality …
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By LISA GONSALVES
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12/23/20
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REGION — 2020 has been a hard year.
Families have lost loved ones, jobs and a sense of stability. We’re not used to it: Widespread tragedy doesn’t usually strike so close to …
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By LAURIE STUART
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12/23/20
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What's going on in your community December 10 to December 16
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12/9/20
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With what turned out to be a fairly weird Thanksgiving behind us, and what could easily be a bizarre Christmas and Kwanzaa ahead, here comes Hanukkah, hot on their heels. The Festival of Lights …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/9/20
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Three weeks after Election Day, most of approximately 30,000 absentee and affidavit ballots have been counted in the contest for New York’s 42nd State Senate District, and Senator Jen Metzger has conceded the race.
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11/24/20
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EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, PA — The Associated Press has called the race for PA's Eighth Congressional District for Democratic incumbent Rep. Matt Cartwright. His opponent was Republican …
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By OWEN WALSH
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11/6/20
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National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
NEW YORK — For the second consecutive year, NYSEG and AAA New York State are partnering together during National Distracted Driving Awareness …
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11/6/20
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MONTICELLO, NY — Despite the deep and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on Sullivan County, county manager Joshua A. Potosek presented a 2021 Tentative Sullivan County Budget to the legislature on …
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11/4/20
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WAYNE COUNTY, PA — With mail-in ballots counted and all precincts reporting, unofficial results show the reliably red Wayne County voting largely for Republican candidates in the 2020 General …
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11/3/20
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Pike County District Attorney Raymond J. Tonkin announced the following criminal sentences were issued by Pike County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Gregory Chelak:
Joseph Bruce Kepnach, …
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10/15/20
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HONESDALE, PA — At its last meeting, Honesdale Borough Council voted to allow trick-or-treating on October 31, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. where residents' outside lights are on to indicate participation. …
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By OWEN WALSH
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10/6/20
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HARRISBURG, PA — The PA Supreme Court came down on the side of Gov. Tom Wolf with its Thursday, September 17 decision that the deadline for counties to accept mail-in ballots will be extended …
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By OWEN WALSH
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9/17/20
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The importance of the Census cannot be overstated. The demographic information that it collects determines who gets how much political power in Congress and in the states. The numbers steer more than …
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By LAURIE STUART
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9/16/20
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REGION — The 2020 General Election is already historic. For New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians specifically, it’s going to be carried out in an unprecedented way. More voters than ever before …
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By OWEN WALSH
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9/8/20
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HONESDALE, PA — In about a week, students enrolled in Wayne Highlands School District will embark on a schoolyear unlike any other they’ve experienced. Some will be back inside their …
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By OWEN WALSH
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9/2/20
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — Neither rain nor hail nor the threat of tornadoes could stop the Sullivan West Central School District from conducting their first in-person Board of Education (BOE) …
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By TED WADDELL
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9/2/20
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