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Investment in the Upper Delaware River must be included as part of the federal infrastructure plan

The American Jobs Plan has the potential to safeguard the reaches of our pristine Upper Delaware region by investing in workforce development and natural infrastructure. This historic proposal will … more

By JEFF SKELDING | 6/23/21

The bogeyman cometh

A few years ago, my oldest kid, Dan, and I—he 20-something, me in my 50s—were at the base of one of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge’s cloverleaf exit ramps, waiting with thousands of … more

By LEAH CASNER | 6/16/21

Has broadband already been forgotten?

In Harrisburg, policymakers tend to get easily sidetracked to focus on issues demanding immediate attention. This often means the overshadowing of existing priorities. Consider this spring’s … more

By WAYNE CAMPBELL | 6/9/21

Waiving the COVID-19 patent would not result in increased supply of vaccines

While the Biden administration’s support of a patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines is a noble sentiment, the situation is far more complex and could result in long-term problems with innovation, … more

By MICHAEL OATES | 6/2/21

Stop the New York carbon tax before it costs you thousands of dollars

New York lawmakers are proposing a new way to tax you. Take a close look at the proposed carbon tax, now pending in the New York State Legislature as Senate Bill SS3336, and the harsh truth will be … more

By RANDY RESNICK | 5/26/21

Brighter future

The political atmosphere we are living in is intense and permeates just about every issue in our daily lives. We all struggle every day to navigate these troubled waters as best we can. But … more

By VITO DIBAISI | 5/19/21

Regarding the Milanville Bridge Survey

I’ve only answered a couple of the questions in the PennDOT survey, and this note will explain why. To begin with, I have no idea what is meant by an “Environmental Linkages Study to … more

By ED WESELY | 5/19/21

Just some of the many things I didn’t know

In the last couple of months, the River Reporter has asked readers to tell newcomers—me among them—things they ought to know but perhaps wouldn’t know to ask. Before coming here, … more

By LEAH CASNER | 5/12/21

On the dangers of ideology

The tragic fact of today’s political climate is that you can more-or-less derive every viewpoint of a random sample of Americans by simply asking the question, “Who did you vote … more

By SHANE ANDREWSKI | 5/5/21

‘Going Up the Country’

Things I didn’t know when we started thinking about moving here: Your neighbors are your 911, my local nurse practitioner told me. Every real estate agent here’s grandmother used to run a … more

By LEAH CASNER | 3/31/21

Opposition to an encroachment of civil liberty

Respectable Borough Council President, Michael Augello, Councilmen, James Brennan Jr., Robert Jennings, James Jennings, Jared Newbon, William McAllister and Mayor Sarah Canfield: On behalf of … more

By TANNER SIMON | 3/10/21

The reservoir is under the conjunction of Interstate 84 and Route 6.

A pure Lake Milford or D-rated water?

There’s a threat to our drinking water that you can help avert at a public hearing on Tuesday, March 17. Water is one of our most critical and endangered resources. We have some of the … more

By VITO DIBIASI | 3/10/21

An open letter to Luis Alvarez

Last week, you asked the other legislators why your wife’s rights weren’t considered after she fell multiple times and contracted COVID-19. It’s a fair question, but what I … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 2/24/21

This photograph, taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s, shows participants in the Tuskeggee study in Tuskegee, Alabama...The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, carried out in Macon County, Alabama, from 1932 to 1972, is an example of medical research gone wrong. The United States Public Health Service, in trying to learn more about syphilis and justify treatment programs for blacks, withheld adequate treatment from a group of poor black men who had the disease, causing needless pain and suffering for the men and their loved ones. In the wake of the Tuskegee Study and other studies, the federal government took a closer look at research involving human subjects and made changes to prevent the moral breaches that occurred in Tuskegee from happening again.

Restored trust in government is key to vaccinating communities of color

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll showed that half of Black Americans will not take a COVID-19 vaccine. Even some Black doctors and health care workers have refused the vaccine, citing safety … more

By ANTONIO DELGADO | 2/24/21

Ode to February

It must have been a winter resident of upstate New York who set Valentine’s Day in mid-February, because this is the time of year when we really need a lover to wrap our arms and legs around, … more

By BARBARA NIMRI AZIZ | 2/17/21

Revisiting the formula

In accordance with the Sullivan County Hotel and Motel Occupancy Tax Law, the county retains 15 percent of the revenues resulting from the imposition of the “room tax” to defer the … more

By ALAN SORENSEN | 2/10/21

‘Dear friend,’

I write to you on this bitter January day, wherein such bitterness is not the day’s, but my own. You see, what should be a cold winter morning is instead a fraught (not frosted) warm-weather … more

By NOAH KAMINSKY | 1/27/21

Insurrection by fascists is not protest, it’s insurrection

It was shocking to watch the insurrection unfold at the U.S. Capitol. Fascists and white supremacists came to our Capitol with weapons, bombs and a goal of intimidation and harm in an effort to … more

By MAYA K. VAN ROSSUM | 1/13/21

Suffering in the trenches

The New York State Office of Mental Health should be ashamed of the treatment frontline nurses are receiving at the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Forensic Facility in New Hampton, NY. Seventy nurses care … more

By ONEIDA MUSA | 1/6/21

We are tired of the pandemic

We’ve all just experienced some of the most distressing and disturbing nine months we’ve ever lived, and in spite of good news about vaccines, there is no tangible end in sight. … more

By JO SHUMAN | 12/16/20

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