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WURTSBORO, NY — Promising to help local residents “get out of the ditch of COVID,” Sen. Chuck Schumer chose the Emma C. Chase Elementary School in Wurtsboro as the backdrop …
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By JANE ANDERSON
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4/7/21
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REGION — As Sullivan County moves along on developing broadband access through a network of towers, Delaware River communities in Pennsylvania could have access, too.
When the work is done, …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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12/23/20
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HONESDALE, PA — Thanks to a federal funding program, two tech companies have secured more than $5 million to provide over 6,700 locations in Wayne County with high-speed internet access. It …
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By Owen Walsh
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12/16/20
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(NAPSI)—According to the Small Business Administration, there are some 30 million small businesses in America. Lately, too many of them have been beset by big problems.
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12/10/20
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(NAPSI)—These days, most families would agree, home Internet connectivity and reliable speed are more important than ever.
Think about it: How much longer will it take for the kids’ new …
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12/2/20
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By TED WADDELL
CALLICOON CENTER, NY — On Sunday afternoon, October 25, Sen. Jen Metzger informally met with several residents of Bethlehem Road to help them celebrate finally …
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By TED WADDELL
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10/28/20
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HONESDALE, PA — Weeks after awarding about $2.5 million in federal CARES Act relief to local businesses and nonprofits, the Wayne County Commissioners have approved nearly $1.2 million in …
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By OWEN WALSH
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10/15/20
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The Wild Wild Web is giving up one of its core values. The tech industry is abandoning the concept that it exists to provide a forum for all ideas, no matter how toxic. It is giving up its …
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By LAURIE STUART
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7/8/20
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HONESDALE, PA — The Wayne County Commissioners say that the COVID-19 outbreak has illuminated how detrimental the area’s lack of broadband really is.
During their April 28 meeting, the …
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By OWEN WALSH
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5/5/20
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Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. After weeks of creative paralysis and compulsive baking brought on by existential fear, the need to move beyond confinement overtakes us and we expand our …
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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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Drive down Callicoon’s Main Street and you’ll see cars parked at the closed library, everyone inside bending over their screens. In the age of social distancing, this is how you get …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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4/28/20
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HONESDALE, PA — At the beginning of the February 3 meeting, the Honesdale Borough Council members voted to accept the resignation of councilor Tim Lauffenberger. To find a replacement, council …
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By OWEN WALSH
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2/5/20
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2015, Verizon Wireless decided not to accept $170 million in Connect America Fund (CAF) dollars to help expand broadband in the state. But instead of giving the funding to …
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1/22/20
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MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County legislators tentatively voted on October 10 to move forward with a wireless broadband experimental project that “could ultimately bring high-speed …
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10/16/19
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NARROWSBURG, NY — Frontier internet and phone service was out in Narrowsburg due to a break in a cable on Route 23 in Beaver Brook area. The outage lasted from early on September 26 and through …
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By FRITZ MAYER
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9/27/19
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Delgado supports Heroes Act WASHINGTON, DC — On July 12, the House passed Delgado-backed H.R. 1327, the bipartisan Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer and Luis Alvarez Permanent …
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7/17/19
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