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There are many ways to give to others—your time, your money, your talents, and so on. Some give their all.
This Monday we celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The civil …
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1/16/26
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It was a visit from an out-of-towner that started it all.
Driving into town from her home in Massachusetts, she’d noticed something different about the signs along the road. They …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/13/26
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In today’s issue and from Friday’s paper our news section is filled with stories about the reorganizational meetings of our local towns. Whether a board has new members or not, they convene in …
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1/13/26
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Guest columnist
Lately I’ve been thinking about my dad, who passed away almost seven years ago. My father had a large number of subjects he really enjoyed talking about, but …
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Mike Werner
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1/9/26
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The weather. It seems that the weather is on everybody’s mind lately as Old Man Winter has taken a pretty good grip on our area. The last month – from early December until Wednesday of this week …
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1/9/26
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Empty nesting when your child is still in college can feel at times like living in a set of parallel universes.
In one universe there’s a house filled with noise and a driveway with one extra …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/6/26
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Since mid-December we’ve seen our fair share of snowfall – from dustings to six inches of snow. We would like to commend our State, County, Town and Village road crews on both sides of the river …
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1/6/26
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While we don’t have a crystal ball, we want to take this time to look ahead in 2026.
If you read our Year in Review edition, you can see that there are a lot of big projects in the …
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1/2/26
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The signs of the holiday season are being packed up this week — menorahs and nativities being tucked away in attics and basements for another year — but the signs of the other big year-ending …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/30/25
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I took on the Editor role in the beginning of July, so while I haven’t been here for a full year yet, the end of the year brings up a time to look back and reflect.
Having previously …
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Isabel Braverman, Editor
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12/30/25
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As the year comes to a close we want to take this time to send a sincere ‘Thank you’ to three people who have contributed to the landscape of Sullivan County: Nancy Buck, Robert Dufour, and Bill …
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12/26/25
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To the editor:
As we gather this Christmas season, let’s pause and reflect on what family truly means—and what it should still represent today. There was a time when families stood …
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12/26/25
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To the editor:
With the holidays approaching, many of us are looking forward to celebrations with friends and family. As you gather with loved ones to spread cheer or raise a glass to the …
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12/26/25
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To the editor:
Those of you who are faithful readers of this newspaper know that for more than two decades I have submitted dozens of “Letters to the Editor”. The majority of those …
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12/26/25
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Last Saturday I had the pleasure of experiencing Dickens on the Delaware in Callicoon. There was so much going on that it was impossible to see it all! What a testament to the many, many people who …
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Kathy Werner
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12/26/25
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I’m not sure why I still click to read the articles about upstate New York’s “cutest” small towns or the lists of the most “charming” places to visit in the Catskills. I should know by …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/23/25
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W e take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
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12/23/25
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This winter season it’s important to remember to drive safely when the weather is snowy, icy and cold. If it’s snowing outside here is the first tip: don’t drive if you don’t have to. Stay …
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12/19/25
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Tell me if this one sounds familiar: The more it snows — and the colder it gets — the less you feel like leaving the house to do anything “extra.” We’ve reached the time …
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12/16/25
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Sullivan 180 announced the recent completion of three Silver Feather Community Impact Grant projects, each transforming public spaces in western Sullivan County. These initiatives were led by …
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Guest Editorial by Shannon Cilento, Director of Community Development & Communications, Sullivan 180
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12/16/25
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When we were in high school, we read a story called “Leiningen Versus the Ants.” Written in 1938 by Carl Stephenson, it somehow made it into every high school anthology in the 1960s. In …
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Kathy Werner
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12/15/25
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I have developed a very special talent in my happy golden years. I can hide things… from myself!
Oh, yes, I know you’re thinking, how is such a thing possible? Allow …
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Kathy Werner
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12/12/25
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Happy Hannukah to all of our readers who celebrate. We wish you a very happy holiday season and hope you get to spend it with friends and family.
Known as the Festival of Lights, Hannukah …
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12/12/25
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A spy kit for spying.
A real monster truck.
A hockey stick.
A make-up kit.
A remote-control airplane.
An Alexa of his very own so he doesn’t have …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/9/25
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In this day and age when community newspapers are declining, it’s heartening to see that our region, and specifically our county, is thriving with local news.
And this year we are …
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12/9/25
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