Goshen High School receives gold medals at the closing ceremony at Michigan State University May 24. ( Photo provided) Goshen High wins Odyssey of Mind world championships Goshen High School took first place at the Odyssey of the Minds World Championship in Michigan, competing against teams from... Home 27 May 2025 | 01:45
Jessica in Goshen in April, four months before she expects to head off for basic training. (Photo by Becca Tucker) ‘They can’t touch your family for a year’ Editor’s note: Last names were withheld to protect the family’s privacy, not at their request but at the newspaper’s discretion.... Local News 21 Apr 2025 | 02:04
Samantha Redonda with a warped stainless steel pot. (Photo by Brenda Hughes) When in doubt, give a shout: Stainless steel pot? If you’re not sure whether something goes in the blue bin, snap a pic of yourself with the questionable item (yes, we want... Columns 20 Mar 2025 | 02:37
Striking corrections officers on Feb. 25 outside the Otisville Correctional Facility. ( Becca Tucker) Prison guard: ‘We’re getting treated like criminals’ Dozens of corrections officers gathered around a burn barrel outside the Otisville Correctional Facility on the morning of... Local News 28 Feb 2025 | 02:10
Your recycling head-scratchers answered: avocado bags? If you’re not sure whether something goes in the blue bin, snap a pic of yourself with the questionable item (yes, we want... Columns 27 Feb 2025 | 02:07
Bald eagles no longer ‘endangered’ in New Jersey, but not everyone’s celebrating The day New Jersey removed bald eagles from the state’s endangered species list, David Blauvelt of Hamburg, N.J., spotted... Local News 06 Feb 2025 | 10:10
Your recycling head-scratchers answered: glittery greeting cards? If you’re not sure whether something goes in the blue bin, snap a pic of yourself with the questionable item (yes, we want... Columns 04 Feb 2025 | 10:41
Pick station employees at Medline. ( Photo provided) Big-box country: On the warehouse floor As thousands of Amazon workers nationwide walked out on Thursday, Dec. 19, the Everything Store’s million-square-foot Montgomery,... Local News 23 Dec 2024 | 10:41
Montgomery has changed since the million-square-footers went up, whether for better or worse depends whom you ask. (Photo by Nick Horton, www.thepathfinderstudios.com) Big-box country: Ground zero of the warehouse boom On a Tuesday afternoon in October, the spotless offices of medical supply juggernaut, Medline, are quiet but for the click-clack... Local News 19 Nov 2024 | 11:29
Cleaning up our water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set the first national standards for PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals,”... Local News 17 Oct 2024 | 09:46
Players take a lap while Matchpoint President Ari Rogers finishes setting up pop-nets on Aug. 29. ( Photo by Becca Tucker) Local kids take center court at US Open Twenty-four young players from Matchpoint Tennis in Goshen took over the court in Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, NY,... Local News 30 Aug 2024 | 01:18
Juno, 8, samples the garden haul before school on Aug. 27. ( Becca Tucker) Eat Local September kickoff: an invitation to challenge yourself For five of the past six years, my family has lived nearly exclusively on food grown, raised, caught or foraged within a... Home 30 Aug 2024 | 10:05
Jessica, 32, harvesting onions in the Black Dirt Region of New York. (Photo by Jose Lima) As mercury rises, workers may see first workplace heat standards Last August, Charles Ellis, a 63-year-old construction worker with a heart condition, was using a hammer to unclog corrugated... Local News 19 Jul 2024 | 06:58
A new citizen waves the American flag before saying the oath of allegiance. Newly minted citizens tell their stories Born elsewhere, these folks have lived in the United States, in some cases, for decades. To become full-fledged American citizens,... Local News 04 Jul 2024 | 10:22
‘Too stressful’: why some students are saying no thanks to standardized tests As students across the tristate region sharpened pencils - or, increasingly, fired up computers - in preparation for multiple... Local News 02 May 2024 | 11:23
