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WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Where do you begin when you are inspired to continue your loved one’s legacy? How do you begin to describe how much your loved one means to you, when you have so much …
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6/7/23
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Bake a cake! Or a pie!
WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Entries are now being accepted for the 2023 Wayne County Fair baking contests. Amateur bakers can enter the Homemade Chocolate Cake contest, …
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6/7/23
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It’s hard to believe the first week of June has arrived and we are in the final countdown to the end of the school year. We are looking forward to soaking up all that there is to offer in our …
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By JENN POWELL
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6/7/23
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Robert (Bob) W. Becker Jr.
Robert (Bob) W. Becker Jr., 77, of Shohola, PA, passed away May 31, 2023 at home. Robert was born June 20, 1945 in Hackensack, NJ. Family will receive friends at …
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6/7/23
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Hunter Hill is taking a column-week off, so this is a story from 2019. A lifetime ago! Enjoy.
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you seem to run into more wildlife than you normally do, …
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By HUNTER HILL
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6/7/23
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The Committee to Re-elect Daniel Sturm Town of Bethel Supervisor has officially announced his candidacy for reelection. He will run on the Democratic and Sullivan United Party lines in the November 7 …
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6/7/23
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My East Branch (Delaware) used to be a real river;
It was subject to normal seasonal changes.
The low, warm water of summer was great for families
Who wanted to fish and swim and play …
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By LLOYD BARNHART
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6/7/23
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JEFFERSONVILLE, NY — In the May 22 opening round of the varsity softball sectionals, the Sullivan West Lady Bulldogs, from the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association, faced the Lady …
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By TED WADDELL
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6/7/23
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Science School, the body of the average adult human is about 60 percent water. Water makes up about 73 percent of the brain and heart; 83 percent …
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By CAROL ROIG
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6/7/23
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I am outraged that Rep. Molinaro, who ran on the promise of bipartisanship, is using the influx of asylum-seekers to our community to stoke fear and division by spreading lies about the flow of …
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6/7/23
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At the most recent meeting of the county legislature, local political gadfly Ken Walter called on me to step down, claiming that my job as deputy county attorney presented an ethical conflict with my …
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By THOMAS CAWLEY
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6/7/23
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A few weeks ago, I stood outside the Knights Inn to welcome the asylum seekers to our county. I’ll be honest with you, as human nature has it, even for me—someone who fiercely defends …
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By ADRIENNE JENSEN
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6/7/23
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RIVER VALLEY — It began as Decoration Day in 1868, when members of the Grand Army of the Republic honored Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War by placing flowers on their graves.
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By SUSAN WALIGUNDA WADE
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6/7/23
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CALLICOON, NY — “Every war,” said Harry McFarland, “has to have the first one killed, and the last one killed.”
He named many of them. Henry Gunther, for …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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6/7/23
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LONG POND, PA — Blue sky and warm temperatures enveloped the Memorial Day weekend, making for perfect conditions for the Great Pocono Raceway Air Show.
Some residents and visitors were …
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By JEFFREY SIDLE
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6/7/23
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TUSTEN, NY — Glenn Swendsen loved taking care of graveyards. He found them a wonderful place for reflection. He maintained the property at the Ten Mile River Baptist Church. And following the …
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By LAURIE STUART
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6/7/23
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FREMONT CENTER, NY — Time stretches from a Japanese POW camp in the deadly jungles of Burma to the close of the Vietnam War.
Howard Brooks is an American sailor who survived the Battle of …
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By TED WADDELL
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6/7/23
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SCRANTON, PA — While visiting Northeast PA last week, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the fifth executive order of his five-month-old administration. This newest one directs the PA Department of Aging …
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By OWEN WALSH
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6/7/23
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MONTICELLO, NY — Wendy Brown, formerly the deputy commissioner of Sullivan County’s Division of Health and Human Services and co-chair of the Sullivan County Drug Task Force, announced …
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By LIAM MAYO
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6/7/23
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BARRYVILLE, NY — Kia Williams, beloved community member, owner of Kia’s Kitchen, a former officer with the NYPD and much more, died unexpectedly in Ghana while on vacation with her …
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6/7/23
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