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In times of great disturbance, we often find stability in the everyday routines of our lives. We regain our equilibrium with activities that support our sense of calm.Tending the garden, going to the …
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7/8/20
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The River Reporter welcomes topical creative works. Send your poetry, prose and artworks to copyeditor@riverreporter.com by Sunday at 1 p.m., any week.
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7/8/20
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All week I’ve been fixated on images of peaceful protest met by tear gas, diminished by riot. Some images are current, sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. Other images are memory. I …
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By JIM STRATTON
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7/1/20
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Noah Kaminsky, Lake Huntington, NY:
The collective American spirit is manifestly destined to escape its Manifest Destiny, which has wildly overgrown our sea-washed, sunset gates and now consigned …
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7/1/20
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This time it’s different.
This time it’s different, I thought while looking out over the crowd of mainly white faces (gathered in Central Park, Honesdale) holding up signs, clearly …
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By BEVERLY STERNER
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6/26/20
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CALLICOON, NY — “A Peaceful Gathering To Show Support And Solidarity, Sunday, June 7th at 2pm.” Surprise is what I felt after I saw this flyer on the Facebook group page Living in …
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By Z.A. KOHOLA
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6/24/20
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Our seas and rivers look clearer; our air feels fresher, quieter; our streets and roadways are abandoned. Panic shopping for household supplies has passed, only to be replaced by lines of mothers and …
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By B. NIMRI AZIZ
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6/17/20
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Within the journalism community, there’s outrage over the assaults our fellow journalists have endured covering the unrest in America sparked by the death of a black man, George Floyd, in …
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By JUDY PATRICK
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6/10/20
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The time has come to call out those who continue to support a person who, as an impeached President, continues to unravel decades of progress with vitriol hatred, paranoid animosities and no …
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By NED SADER
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6/10/20
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Recently while working my garden near the Beaver Kill River in Cooks Falls, a passing black pickup slowed and stopped in front of where I was working. The darkened passenger window rolled down slowly …
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By RODNEY HARDER
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6/3/20
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For the first time in my 13 years on the Sullivan West School Board, I felt compelled to vote in opposition to the resolution adopting the 2020-21 school budget. In the past, there were individual …
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By KEN COHEN
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6/3/20
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Our country is adrift with no rudder. You would hope that our leader would be the one guiding us through these rough waters, but as you can readily see, that is not happening. It is being left up to …
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By JOHN HAHN
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5/26/20
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Whether you’ve been meaning to attend your town or township’s monthly meetings but never get around to it, or have intentionally avoided them like the plague (or pandemic), now is the …
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By LINDA DROLLINGER
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5/26/20
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It was seemingly overnight that the coronavirus outbreak turned our lives upside down. Our main streets were shuttered, schools closed and everything around us came to a screeching halt.
To …
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By REPS. ANTONIO DELGADO and LEE ZELDIN
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5/20/20
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No one can deny that this coronavirus has dramatically changed our world. Within three short weeks, schools, parks and public spaces along with many companies and stores all closed. Common outdoor …
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By NICOLE RICCI AND ANDREW M. ROSNER
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5/13/20
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Lack of access to high-speed internet is a common complaint in rural areas like ours. Long before COVID-19 was a threat to public health, New York families and businesses without high-speed internet …
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By SEN. JEN METZGER
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5/5/20
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There is a conversation well underway about what the Catskills will look post-pandemic. Boom or bust?
Some people believe that, as soon as the stay-at-home restrictions are eased or lifted, …
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By CHUCK PETERSHEIM
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4/29/20
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One of the many blessings of living in a rural area is the ability to purchase locally sourced meat and food products. For those looking to secure their meat supply locally, the best places to start …
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By CHELSEA HILL
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4/21/20
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I do not recall ever penning an article by first citing my credentials. Rather, I leave it to the words on the page to make that determination. But here, I make an exception given the gravity of the …
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It’s hard to describe the collective American psyche right now. The initial fear and chaos that came with the advent of COVID-19 has dissipated, leaving a vague sense of uncertainty in its …
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By KATIE WILSON
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4/15/20
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