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Taking a stand: Uniting against antisemitism for a stronger Orange County

In today’s world, where diversity and inclusivity should be celebrated, it is disheartening to witness the persistence of...

Columns
22 Sep 2023 | 04:39
Front row: Hanne Chambers, Sprite Fallon, Carly Foster and Jim Hall; middle row: Lea Fallon, Kat Leo, Christine Leo, Tim Gamory, Pasquale Leo and Rekha Shoenfeld-Woods; back row: Martin Pirringer, Sean Fallon, Joe Morse, Paul Woods, William LeBar, Mark Harris, Sandeep Luke and Grady Schenck. Photo by Sam Walter.
Front row: Hanne Chambers, Sprite Fallon, Carly Foster and Jim Hall; middle row: Lea Fallon, Kat Leo, Christine Leo, Tim Gamory, Pasquale Leo and Rekha Shoenfeld-Woods; back row: Martin Pirringer, Sean Fallon, Joe Morse, Paul Woods, William LeBar, Mark Harris, Sandeep Luke and Grady Schenck. Photo by Sam Walter.

Charting the future: Tech Integration Focus Group expand coding, robotics and STEM education in Orange County

A gathering fueled by passion and determination, the Warwick FTC Fund recently hosted a focus group meeting at their newly...

Columns
11 Sep 2023 | 12:47
James Baldwin in 1969. A recent p<b>o</b>ll of New Yorkers reveals Baldwin as the state’s favorite author. Photo, via Wikipedia, by Allan Warren.
James Baldwin in 1969. A recent poll of New Yorkers reveals Baldwin as the state’s favorite author. Photo, via Wikipedia, by Allan Warren.

Poll of New Yorkers reveals James Baldwin as the state’s favorite author

Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Harper Lee ....

These iconic names are among the luminaries hailing from the United States....

Columns
22 Aug 2023 | 02:13
The Forum on Democracy’s American Dream essay contest

The Forum on Democracy’s American Dream essay contest

The Forum on Democracy is a group of former government leaders, professors, cultural anthropologists, researchers and other...

Columns
31 Jul 2023 | 04:00
Will Brown became a farmer in Warwick after a Wall Street career that included 10 years as chief economist at J.P. Morgan. Provided photos.
Will Brown became a farmer in Warwick after a Wall Street career that included 10 years as chief economist at J.P. Morgan. Provided photos.

Slow pivot: The surprisingly gradual art of reinvention

Will Brown’s sprawling grass-fed beef farm in Warwick, N.Y., is just 50 miles northwest of Manhattan, but a galaxy away from...

Columns
06 Aug 2023 | 09:23

“You Are Not Alone” mental health forum planning session

We the People Warwick has begun preparations for part 2 of its “You Are Not Alone” mental health series. This follows the...

Columns
23 Jan 2023 | 04:55
Virginia O’Hanlon. (Source: newseum.org)
Virginia O’Hanlon. (Source: newseum.org)

‘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...

Columns
10 Dec 2021 | 12:53
President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Thanksgiving on Oct. 3, 1863. Photo source: The White House.
President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Thanksgiving on Oct. 3, 1863. Photo source: The White House.

Proclamation of Thanksgiving

A Proclamation

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

Columns
19 Nov 2021 | 04:05
The poppy came to symbolize the blood shed during battle following the publication of the wartime poem “In Flanders Fields.” The poem was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, M.D. while serving on the front lines. In 1924, the distribution of poppies became a national program of The American Legion. Photo illustration by Annie Spratt on Unsplash.
The poppy came to symbolize the blood shed during battle following the publication of the wartime poem “In Flanders Fields.” The poem was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, M.D. while serving on the front lines. In 1924, the distribution of poppies became a national program of The American Legion. Photo illustration by Annie Spratt on Unsplash.

The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak

Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses: who has not heard them?

They have a silence that speaks for them at night...

Columns
09 Nov 2021 | 10:08
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Photo illustration

Orange County Democrats oppose Anti-VAX resolution proposed by the County Legislature

In response to the Times Herald-Record story this week about the Republican Anti-VAX Resolution being proposed in the Orange...

Columns
22 Sep 2021 | 12:11
Carl Corcoran at the memorial to the Rev. Mychal Judge OFM, chaplin to the FDNY and son of immigrants, at the priest’s ancestral home in Ireland. Judge was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
Carl Corcoran at the memorial to the Rev. Mychal Judge OFM, chaplin to the FDNY and son of immigrants, at the priest’s ancestral home in Ireland. Judge was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

‘In the face of unfathomable loss, we rose as one’

I was home from America barely two years when the world changed, on that sunny Autumnal morning (afternoon Irish time). We...

Columns
27 Aug 2021 | 12:13

Not fake news

In this era of “alternative facts” and “fake news” it is sometimes extremely difficult to debate a point even when you have...

Columns
23 Aug 2021 | 11:15

What’s next for newspapers as COVID news cycle fades

The Press & Journal, a weekly paper covering Middletown, a small town near Pennsylvania’s capital, folded in July 2020 because...

Columns
21 Jul 2021 | 05:30
Source: nps.gov
Source: nps.gov

Celebrating the most American of freedoms

The 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence knew what they were getting into. As we celebrate the 4th of July 245...

Local News
28 Jun 2021 | 12:11
Randy Resnick is a mainstay of Sullivan County’s business scene.
Randy Resnick is a mainstay of Sullivan County’s business scene.

Short-term pain, long-term sacrifice

New York lawmakers are proposing a new way to tax you. Take a close look at the proposed Carbon Tax, now pending in the New...

Columns
14 May 2021 | 12:33
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