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Before I get into the meat of my column this week, I just wanted to point out how fast time flies. As you look at the picture above from Tuesday’s paper, take a look at the dates, Friday came …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/23/23
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This is the week that I usually share a column I wrote when my children graduated high school. I still can’t believe that it’s been more than 17 years.
In that column I reflected on …
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Barry Lewis
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6/23/23
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I recently was invited to a dinner party at the house of a couple I had never met. But they are big fans of my column and often take the time to email me their approval. So I was honored to be …
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By Hudson Cooper
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6/23/23
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“Our company has been retained to mediate on a serious matter under your name and social security number,” says a voice on my answering machine. I think ya’ll know by now that I …
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Ramona Jan
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6/20/23
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Many years ago, I spent some time in Buffalo. Besides the Buffalo Bills football team, the city is famous for another entity. As fate would have it, I had a unique introduction to a popular food item …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/16/23
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There are many types of losses- some more serious than others. Lately I seem to be getting more than my share. A dear friend of mine recently confided in me that she has recently been …
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June Donohue
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6/16/23
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I cannot express how much my fiancé and I are enjoying our backyard (back porch) herb garden. These fresh herbs not only save me a trip to the grocery store, but brighten up any dish I cook …
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Claire Stabbert
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6/16/23
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If you have traveled around the county lately then you have surely seen the show that the native Mountain Laurels are putting on. I travel Route 55 between Eldred and White Lake often, and it is the …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/16/23
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‘Ronno’ was the nickname of David Bowie’s lead guitarist, Mick Ronson, a small but tightly muscled mousy-haired fellow who eventually had to bleach his hair and wear make-up to stay …
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Ramona Jan
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6/13/23
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Trying to get some yard work done on Tuesday was quite a chore with all the smoke that was around. I couldn’t believe reading the weather forecast on Monday at Thunder 102 that Tuesday we were …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/9/23
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Livingston Manor Free Library Director
Juneteenth, the now federal holiday, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, annually on June 19th. It’s acknowledged under …
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Peggy McGuire
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6/9/23
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In the history of civilization there were a select few who had an uncanny ability to predict the future. Back in the 16th century there was a man named Nostradamus who was an astrologer, physician …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/9/23
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When you’re two years-old, you only want to grow bigger; become older. By the time you hit three, you’re so proud of your age, you hold up fingers (not always the right amount) to show …
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Ramons Jan
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6/6/23
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Typically, I get so many questions around this time of year asking about garlic scapes, and how to use them. If you don’t know what they are, garlic scapes are the long stem that comes out of, …
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Claire Stabbert
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6/2/23
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Doesn’t it drive you nuts when you go to the store to get an item to finish a recipe, like a sixteen ounce can of pumpkin, only to find out that the can is now twelve ounces, for the same price …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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6/2/23
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Despite the recent occurrences of overnight frost warnings that caused many of us to bring our potted plants indoors, summer is here. As we thankfully unpack our summer clothes and sandals, there are …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/2/23
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Even though I knew nothing about love at age twelve, my new Easter shoes seemed to know everything. Cadmium yellow square-toed patent leather numbers with a fat buckle; the envy of any pilgrim. They …
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Ramona Jan
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5/30/23
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May proved to be a very busy month for us here at the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association. We started off the month with our annual Member Brochure Exchange, held in the parking lot of our …
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Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association
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5/26/23
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If you’re like most Americans, you’ll celebrate the unofficial start of summer by grilling tonight.
But before you light another charcoal briquette or push the igniter, let me offer …
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Barry Lewis
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5/26/23
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Stuffed shells are one of my favorite dishes. I remember my mom making them when I was a child. This is a twist on a classic, combining cheesy spinach artichoke dip. I love to make a quick and easy …
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Claire Stabbert
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5/26/23
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Wow, Memorial Day Weekend is here already, where did May go? So now everyone can mow their lawns knowing they did their part to help honeybees in the northeast. But now the serious work begins, …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/26/23
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My husband, Andre, and I visit my mom for her ninetieth birthday. She makes a point of saying she isn’t ninety yet because we’re ahead of her special day by about two weeks. We duly make …
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Ramona Jan
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5/23/23
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Sometimes I believe in book karma. I pick up a book for one reason and by the end it’s given me dozens more reasons to recommend it. This was the case with Ma and Me a memoir by Cambodian …
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Tracy Gates
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5/23/23
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Like many of us, I am connected to the internet either on my cell phone or computer. My day usually starts by firing up my laptop to peruse Facebook. It quickly gives me a recap of late-breaking …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/19/23
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Now that ‘No Mow May’ is almost over, many of you will be out mowing lawns and weed whacking once again. But not every weed should be so quickly discarded. There are many so called, …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/19/23
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