editorials

The final ask

In the last three weeks, we have asked you to support community newspapers, to vote with your heart and values, and to support the local business community by recognizing and expressing your …

Vote for our community

In the last two weeks, we’ve used this space to ask you to vote for local papers: to become a subscriber and to support the businesses that advertise in our pages. We asked you to vote …

Buyer—ahem, voter beware

It’s ironic to me, as I reel from the plethora of political messages, that it is the foundational law that makes our democracy that has the capacity to destroy it. What law? The First …

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A vote for newspapers is a vote for democracy

Newspapers face another big election. It’s about them. While the United States is riveted by a most unusual presidential election, the newspaper industry is running to win the hearts, …

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Inside the Highland Zoning Board of Appeals.

Watching over the town

There are many people who watch over the town. It starts on the town level with the town board: the elected officials who do the business of the town. These folks receive a stipend. They are our …

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Letters to the editor

'Regarding Doherty’s recent letter' and more

Letters to the editor November 26 to December 2

'Election reflections'

Letter to the editor November 19 to 25

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my view

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A divided Congress gets little done

So, I’ve been thinking. (Cue the horrified cries.) Looks like we have a Democratic president, a Democratic House and a Republican Senate. What’s going to get signed into law? Nothing, …

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Always starting over

I recently turned 66 years old and I am starting over. That feels like an opening gambit to a discussion of golf, travel or the hours to be spent with brushes and oils, but that’s not where …

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river talk

A river of thanks

the way out here

Frozen in my tracks

in my humble opinion

Home for the holidays

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Blogs

Dialog is possible

So, I put it out there. Trust the process. Trust the paper. It was an editorial. Printed in the paper. It doesn't get any more public than that.

Astrological forecast for November

One way to look at astrology is that it describes the current mood. What is everyone talking about? The big issues this year are shown by Saturn conjunct Pluto in Capricorn symbolizing both the …

Astrological forecast for October

Below is October forecast for each sign according to the ascendant and Sun signs, including astrological advice about how to cope with the ongoing restrictions. While the heavy transits are still …

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