Books that are being challenged in three local school districts Latest front in the culture wars: school library books Angry speakers called Gender Queer: A Memoir “dangerous to developing brains,” and said including the book in the S.S. Seward... Local News 02 Mar 2022 | 09:41
Volunteer caregivers from the American Red Cross during the Spanish Flu epidemic (1918). (CO0-Creative Commons) But we survived! After World War I in the year of 1918, the Spanish Flu was an epidemic. It lasted through 1920 and many millions of people... Letters to the Editor 16 Sep 2020 | 01:38
Isabella Granada at the desk in her Penn State dorm room (Photo provided) The Class of 2020 navigates a rocky freshman year at college Back in May, we asked high school students from the Class of 2020 what their next steps were for college. This week, we checked... Local News 11 Sep 2020 | 01:16
The National September 11 Memorial (Luis Molinero/freepik.com) I remember 9/11 I arrived on one of the last PATH trains that went into the North Tower after it had already been hit by the first aircraft... Opinion 04 Sep 2020 | 08:19
Truckers saved the world During the pandemic, truck drivers saved the world. It doesn’t matter how much food is at the farm. If that food can’t get... Letters to the Editor 21 Jul 2020 | 11:08
Nice to meet you, Sabrina Jennings Ms. Jennings, My name is Cindy Schmitzer. Resident of Sparta, N.J. White woman. Nice to meet you. I just wanted to tell you how... Letters to the Editor 29 Jun 2020 | 01:02
Smiles of the Week A Very Good Boy: Last week we ran a cutest dog contest and got—literally—thousands of entries. We’ll be featuring some of... Local News 24 Mar 2020 | 09:08
School budget results: Monroe-Woodbury