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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...

Columns
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...

Columns
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...

Columns
12 Jun 2020 | 11:08
Photos by Judy Ronay
Photos by Judy Ronay

‘I needed to document these images’

Outrage, despair and pain are written on signs, masks and in the eyes of protesters in Monroe on a bright Sunday afternoon....

Columns
03 Jun 2020 | 03:48

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
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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,...

Columns
06 Mar 2020 | 02:01
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Photo illustration ( Photo by Bill Oxford on Unsplash)

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

What are your priorities?

To my fellow citizens,

I have lived my entire life in New York State - 56 years, 30 here in Warwick.

Recent events have forever...

Home
26 Jan 2020 | 07:52
Detailed view of a menorah adorning the north wall of Montefiore Synagogue. Located at 460 Westford Street Lowell, Massachusetts.
Detailed view of a menorah adorning the north wall of Montefiore Synagogue. Located at 460 Westford Street Lowell, Massachusetts.

My Turn

Listen to the lights. The Menorah has a modern-day message.

Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, recalls the victory — 2,158...

Columns
24 Dec 2019 | 12:08
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...

Columns
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...

Home
25 Nov 2019 | 12:26
Marc Baez
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My turn

Doing business in New York is tough, and at every turn we encounter another barrier. Taxes, health care premiums, housing...

Columns
01 Nov 2019 | 01:15
This postcard, showing Mombasha Lake, comes courtesy of Monroe Town Historian James Nelson.
This postcard, showing Mombasha Lake, comes courtesy of Monroe Town Historian James Nelson.

Mighty good

Remember in “Old Yeller,” when Travis is sad because Yeller’s dead, and his father is trying to help him put the whole thing...

Columns
08 Oct 2019 | 08:16

The world I'm dreaming of

Every time I drive past the pedestrian tunnel in Monroe — the big cement portal that says “1940” on it — the science fiction...

Columns
13 Sep 2019 | 04:04
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...

Columns
03 Sep 2019 | 04:49
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