editorials

Invoking Rule #12

If you have ever watched the TV series “NCIS,” you will recall that Gibbs, the team leader, had a set of rules. These rules, referred to by number, come up when the naval crime …

Finding our way forward

In the newly released movie, “Don’t Look Up,” two astronomers discover a comet that will destroy the earth in six months, 14 days and a handful of minutes. Thus begins the …

String light theory

The blinking, convulsing, seizure-inducing lights on McAteer & Will Estates’ headquarters on Broad Street in Milford have received a lot of comment—not nearly all uniformly …

Musing on Christmastime

I think about Mary, the mother of Jesus. I think about her journey to Bethlehem in the middle of chaos, at her time of delivery. I imagine her anxiety, her concern, as well as that of Joseph’s …

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The light and love of Christmas

Christmas is observed all over the world by Christians as they celebrate the birth of Jesus. Many people who are not Christians also join in with a celebration of gift giving and a reenactment of …

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Letters to the editor

Swift action dealt with school violence threats

This past December 14 marked nine years since the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, which took the lives of 26 people. In a sick tribute to this grim anniversary, schools …

Hospital ramps and ambulance funding

Supporting the new Highland Ambulance It was about 50 years ago or thereabouts that a group of dedicated members of the American Legion got the idea to create an ambulance service to serve the …

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my view

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Let’s stop the insanity!

I believe that PennDOT’s draft Purpose and Needs Statement for the Milanville Bridge (tinyurl.com/2p8exhk7) is clearly stacked in favor of what the engineering firm Aecom wants to do (a new …

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The end of a very successful era

The closing of one of the most successful dairy operations on the East Coast will leave approximately 150 dairy farmers scrambling for a new market for their milk. Historic Readington Farms of …

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In my humble opinion

Go with the flow

River talk

Animal antics

Ramblings of a Catskill fly fisher

The shortest day and the fly-fisher’s winter

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Blogs

2022: I’m gonna feel better

At this time of New Year resolutions, of chaos and uncertainty and an amazing amount of stress. I just wanna feel better. —better because I don’t rag on myself that I’m not in …

Silence

Even when I sit for mediation, my mind spins out images, thoughts, and arcane bits of my history. There is no silence.

December 2021 astrological mood

What is the current quality of time? Astrology deals with symbols, and symbols have many meanings. On a broad level, we’re all affected by where the planets are now, regardless of how …

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