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The holiday season is right around the corner! Soon there will be feelings of festivity and the desire to volunteer time and participate in food and toy drives will peak once more and shine bright …
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11/14/23
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There is a very common saying that breaks down to some variation of “Sometimes you gotta pay the piper.” But the question few people ask is what kind of life this piper must lead. Well, …
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Michael Werner - Guest columnist
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11/10/23
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Lake Huntington
To the editor:
Sen Gillibrand wants more funding for the FBI and DHS to fight the Hate Crime of Antisemitism here in the US.
Two things would have to be done …
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To the editor:
To all the hearts and souls that have been touched by our beloved husband, father and son, Timothy Mills,
We thank you for your care, comfort and presence during this most …
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The Mills Family
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11/10/23
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The winds of change blew heavy through Sullivan County on Tuesday night as nearly 15,000 voters across 15 townships elected a new legislature to lead our county government for the next four years.
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11/10/23
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One of the most moving experiences I had in Montreal was at the McCord Stewart Museum, which features the history of Canada. Now on permanent exhibition is “Indigenous Voices of Today: …
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Kathy Werner
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11/3/23
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Swan Lake
To the editor:
The Smallwood Civic Associations’ 4th Annual Halloween Trick or Treat Walk last Saturday was one of the Town of Bethel Halloween Highlights. What a terrific …
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Wendy E. Brown
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11/3/23
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E lection day is only four days away and the hundred of candidates who are running for public office in Sullivan County are busy shaking their last hands and kissing their last baby trying to win …
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11/3/23
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I’d approached the mom to get both her name and the name of her son because I’d captured what I’d hoped was an adorable photo I could send in to the paper for our parade coverage. …
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Jeanne Sager
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10/31/23
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Pompton Plains, NJ
To the editor:
Just read your generous article (“Former Callicoon Theater owners bid farewell to Sullivan”, Democrat, Tuesday October 24, 2023) …
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Jim & Barbara Kayton
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10/31/23
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T oday is the day — or rather, the night of the scariest time of the year. Happy Halloween! Around the county, hundreds of young people are expected to take the journey from house to house in …
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10/31/23
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Callicoon
To the editor:
Good judgment and leadership are qualities one should seek in a candidate running for public office. George Conklin has not demonstrated either of those qualities …
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Jeremy Neimand
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10/27/23
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Montreal is an island in the St. Lawrence River. Who knew? Not me! But it is a huge island, with 1,644 square miles and a population of 1.9 million people. It is much larger than Manhattan …
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Kathy Werner
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10/27/23
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Jeffersonville
To the editor:
My name is Shannan Armbrust. I am a lifelong resident of Sullivan County and have been an employee in the Sullivan County Treasurer’s Office for 15 …
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Grahamsville
To the editor:
I usually do not like to get involved in election madness, however, with what has transpired in the past few months; the politics of personal destruction and the …
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Brenda Devore
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10/27/23
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Granby, CT
To the editor:
Members of the bipartisan Congressional Animal Protection Caucus should support a massive increase in federal funding for cultivated-meat research. For readers who …
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Town of Neversink Supervisor
To the editor:
As I have travelled around the Town of Neversink talking with folks, many have asked who I am supporting for District 3 Legislator. I am …
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Chris Matthews
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10/27/23
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Cochecton
To the editor:
While reading Down the Decades last week, I stumbled upon the blurb about the A.C. Wilcox and Co. Bank opening a branch in Jeffersonville back in 1903 and remember …
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Kristina Snedeker
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10/27/23
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Cochecton
To the editor:
Much has been written in this paper regarding District 1 Legislator Robert Doherty.
All I can say for sure is how he has treated me. I’ve seen it …
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Tim Manzolillo
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10/24/23
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White Sulphur Springs
To the editor:
In her October 10th Letter to the Editor, Elizabeth McAllister appropriately confronts the absence of any reference to Domestic Violence Awareness Month …
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Dina Pringle
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10/24/23
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This November, the US Supreme Court will hear a case sent their way after a federal appeals court overturned a federal law that prohibited the possession of firearms by people subject to domestic …
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Jeanne Sager
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10/24/23
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White Sulphur Springs
To the editor:
In her October 10th Letter to the Editor, Elizabeth McAllister appropriately confronts the absence of any reference to Domestic Violence Awareness Month …
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Dina Pringle
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10/20/23
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Swan Lake
To the editor:
In his Letter to the Editor of October 13, Abe Rutner is correct that we need to find a balance between new development and preserving the rural character of the …
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Michael Edwards
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10/20/23
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Kauneonga Lake
To the editor:
As I write, there are still rockets going off above Tel Aviv, as my children and grandchildren report to me (frantic on Whatsap) that sirens are …
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Judith Maidenbaum
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10/20/23
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Bethel
To the editor:
So the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, (a 501 -C- Non Profit organization), has applied for an adult-use retail cannabis dispensary at 200 Hurd Road in Bethel? The …
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Dr. Joseph Pawlick
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10/20/23
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