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Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, asking if Santa Claus was real in September 1897.
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, asking if Santa Claus was real in September 1897.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun and the quick response was printed as an...

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10 Dec 2020 | 12:49
‘Our children are watching”

‘Our children are watching”

To our beloved Orange County,

As James Baldwin said: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed...

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12 Jun 2020 | 02:06
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York: “I am eager to share some good news. Daily Mass began earlier this week in the parishes of the archdiocese in Dutchess, Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties, and Sunday Mass will begin in those same counties this Sunday, June 14.”
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York: “I am eager to share some good news. Daily Mass began earlier this week in the parishes of the archdiocese in Dutchess, Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties, and Sunday Mass will begin in those same counties this Sunday, June 14.”

Mass resumes at Catholic Churches in Orange County this Sunday, June 14

Cardinal Timothy Dolan released the following missive on Friday, June 12:

Because the news headlines of the past few months...

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12 Jun 2020 | 11:08

America honors the Class of 2020

Last weekend’s massive virtual graduation for high school and college seniors carried a message of community at a time when...

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18 May 2020 | 02:11
Soldiers gargle with salt and water to prevent influenza. Sept. 24, 1918. Camp Dix, New Jersey, during the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza pandemic.
Soldiers gargle with salt and water to prevent influenza. Sept. 24, 1918. Camp Dix, New Jersey, during the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza pandemic.

Deja vu

The “Spanish flu” pandemic struck with lethal force in 1918 and infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide, about...

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06 May 2020 | 11:18
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Roads are a quality of life issue

What’s the first thing we notice when driving?

The condition of the road. Our roads really matter in people’s day-to-day life,...

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06 Mar 2020 | 02:01
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My Turn/State Sen. Jen Metzger

The bail reform law passed last year sought to fix a system that practically everyone, including District Attorneys and law...

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03 Mar 2020 | 10:48
This is just one of the portraits of Santa Claus created by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the editorial cartoonist often considered to be the Father of the American Cartoon.
This is just one of the portraits of Santa Claus created by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon."

‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus'

The letter:

Dear Editor:

I am 8 years old.

Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

Papa says, ‘If you see it in...

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13 Dec 2019 | 01:09
Civil War artist Alfred R. Waud sketched this Thanksgiving scene at a Civil War camp. Library of Congress image
Civil War artist Alfred R. Waud sketched this Thanksgiving scene at a Civil War camp. Library of Congress image ( Library of Congress image)

Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To...

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25 Nov 2019 | 12:26
Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2014.
Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2014. ( Photo by Robert G. Breese)

Husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, neighbors and friends

David D. Alger, Tuxedo Park

Lt. Gregg A. Atlas, FDNY, Howells

Carl F. Asaro, FDNY, Middletown

Michael E. Asher, Monroe

Matthew...

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03 Sep 2019 | 04:49

My Turn James Skoufis 'No parents should ever have to worry about taking their child shopping or to the park out of fear for contracting measles'

Growing up in middle school, I often played a game called "Oregon Trail." Set in the mid-1800s, one's mission was...

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13 May 2019 | 01:26

Investing in our region’s quality of life, economic well-being

Orange County is one of the fastest-growing counties in New York state and, for more than a decade, we have been seeing a...

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05 Apr 2019 | 05:58

Title X gag rule: Undermining ' the most important family planning program in this country'

Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley issued the following after the Trump Administration ordered the final gag rule on Title...

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01 Mar 2019 | 09:00
Source: Library of Congress
Source: Library of Congress

'To carve a tunnel of hope through the mountain of despair'

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed on Monday, Jan. 21, in recognition of the civil rights leader's contributions...

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18 Jan 2019 | 01:35
Santa by Thomas Nasy
Santa by Thomas Nasy

‘Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus’

Editor’s note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and...

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20 Dec 2018 | 01:44
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