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As much as we look back with gauzy nostalgia on the days when mom was waiting at home to greet children when they returned from school, thatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ not something that happens all that much in the United States anymore. Part of the reason is that a large slice of American families simply can’t ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> The Rev. Tracey Gardone of Greene County has coordinated a creative fundraising initiative that will help others in their fight against cancer, as well as honor the legacy of his daughter, Tiffany Rose, who passed away in 2019 following her ...

In the early 1960s, when President John F. Kennedy was fruitlessly trying to get Congress to implement a plan to provide federal health insurance for AmericaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ seniors, more than half of them did not have any coverage at all and were left to fend for themselves as medical costs inexorably ...

Sometimes abstention is right call

People attending a school board or municipal government meeting often are puzzled when a member of one of those elected bodies chooses to abstain from voting on a particular agenda item or issue.Perhaps, most of those people soon learn that the abstention was the means by which the member in ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> W.A. Young &amp; Sons Foundry and Machine Shop in Rices Landing, Greene County, recently wrapped up a major renovation project that consisted of multiple phases, including replacing broken windows and a sagging interior wall, ...

You may have seen the purple signs cropping up around the area announcing that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with a phone number that people can call if they are a victim or know someone who is.That there even is a Domestic Violence Awareness Month is a sign of progress. ...