140 Years Ago - 1882
One of the lady boarders at the summer hotel at Guymard’s took a dram and a half of Fowler’s solution by mistake last Sunday. Dr. Cuddeback of Port Jervis …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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7/19/22
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In the past, I mentioned Rabbi Yoel Gold. He is a Rabbi in L.A. and produces interesting short videos with personal stories. They can be found on YouTube by searching “Rabbi Yoel Gold”.
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Moshe Unger
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7/15/22
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When I was growing up our family went out for dinner almost every Sunday night. We often went to a restaurant named China Moon. Like most Americans we never heard of Hunan, Sichuan or Cantonese. Back …
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Hudson Cooper
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7/15/22
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Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and several of his novels — “Main Street,” “Babbit,” “Elmer Gantry,” etc. …
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John Conway
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7/15/22
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Future Stories: What’s Next? by David Christian (Little, Brown). This is a small-ish, slightly playful book of philosophy. So a book of (somewhat) playful but (seriously) thoughtful …
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George Ernsberger
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7/15/22
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He wore shorts and a winning smile, despite his artificial leg that went all the way to his hip. I was at a High School Graduation Party for Leisha’s youngest daughter, Ruby and Mark was one of …
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by June Donohue
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7/15/22
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It is right around this time of year that people start growing more zucchini than they know what to do with. I often find myself with too much zucchini and utilizing it in creative ways …
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Claire Stabbert
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7/15/22
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It was 1978, around midnight and, for the first time ever, I was about to go onstage at CBGB’s. My band, Comateens, consisted of two people, myself on guitar and vocals and Nic North on bass …
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Ramona Jan
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7/12/22
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Summer is in full swing in Upstate New York and the weather has been perfect for lake days and more! It is so nice driving by Lake Huntington and seeing all the boats, kayaks, paddleboards and jet …
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Jenn Powell
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7/12/22
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Birthday wishes to Dennis Dietrich, Vivian Liff, Rosemarie Marcellino, Kelley Edkins, Aiden Siegel, Chanah Zimmerman, Karen Kilgore, Jeryl, Zack, Pat Crumley, Sarah Walder, Austin Billig, Jamie …
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Suzanne White
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7/12/22
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110 Years Ago - 1912
Saturday afternoon, during the heavy thunderstorm, lightning struck the chimney of Jacob Dreher’s house in the Beechwoods, and nearly killed two little girls, Louisa …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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7/12/22
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July 8 — Greetings to all! Summer is upon us. We have now begun to lose a minute of sunlight in the morning and night. Many of the spring birds have already had young ones and the young ones …
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Susan Brown Otto
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7/8/22
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These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany (Grand Central). A first novel whose author has a lot of strings to her bow; novels may not be her constant focus, but this one raises real hope. …
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George Ernsberger
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7/8/22
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Beauty pageants. Remember them?
I know they’re still around, but they don’t seem to get the press they used to in days gone by. And for good reason. The aura of artificiality and …
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Bill Moloney
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7/8/22
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I was helping my son this weekend in completing his honeydew list by mowing his lawn for him while he completed other tasks around the house. A couple of his trees that I had to mow around just …
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Jim Boxberger
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7/8/22
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One of my favorite places to walk is up a road through a wooded area with a brook running alongside it. It’s a bit of a steep walk, but the beauty of the surroundings keeps me trudging along, …
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Diane Houghtaling
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7/8/22
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The JEMS (Jeffersonville Enhances More of Sullivan) beautification group is busily working on the Annual Duck Race. The race begins at the Mill Pond (across from the Jeff Adult Home in …
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Sue Bodenstein
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7/8/22
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The first permanent European settlement in the Upper Delaware Valley was established around 1755 by a group of Connecticut farmers calling themselves the Delaware Company, and within a few years …
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John Conway
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7/8/22
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Using a mondegreen in a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “The Weigh In Is the Hardest Part.” For as long as I can remember, stepping on a scale has been a part of my morning …
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Hudson Cooper
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7/8/22
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We were sitting last week around a warm crackling campfire less than 30 feet from the calm blue waters of Lake George, surrounded by those majestic and lush green-covered mountains that help make up …
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Barry Lewis
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7/8/22
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If you’re currently growing enough garlic to feed your family, you’re probably growing enough scapes to feed an army. Many people ask me, what are scapes? Scapes are those wild-looking …
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Claire Stabbert
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7/8/22
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Birthday wishes to Ian Pammer, Abigail Brosnan, Jeio Maraj, Paul Stark, Karen and Richie Sturgis, Crystal Ryder, Fred Miller, Ari Cohen, Claire Pavlak, Katie Morey, Sondra Gerry, Gary Frunzi, Janet …
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Suzanne White
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7/5/22
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Well, when Martha Worzel gives me a call to just “to clarify something” I sure enough left something out of my column. And I sure did. Without going into the details of our conversation …
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Paula Campbell
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7/5/22
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I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend and celebrated with good food, friends and perhaps caught fireworks too. There were quite a few to choose from and there is nothing like fireworks to …
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Jenn Powell
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7/5/22
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My grandmother, Lina Dreher, was sixteen when she kept this diary. She worked as a store clerk in the family bakery. In this excerpt, she grapples with going back to school, which she had quit due to …
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by Ramona Jan
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7/5/22
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