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Hurricanes and corn fields
If you are coming out of the village on 52 west and you get to the hideously designed new condominiums for which some genius believed the village’s building height restrictions should be … more
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Rapprochement vs reproachment
Certain embarrassments are bone crushing, soul withering – embarrassments even our worst enemies shouldn’t experience. When something like that is a product of a piece you have written … more
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Trump hits rock bottom
Trump the grifter, the flim-flam man, the snake oil salesman, has reached an all-time low. He will go to any lengths to have his gigantic ego stroked, do what it takes to continuously be in the … more
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Fentanyl
Two fatal crashes in Indonesia in October 2018 and in Ethiopia in March 2019 of two Boeing 737 Max planes killed 346 people. The crashes resulted in a halt of production and a U.S. House … more
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Climate leadership
Although the season of gift-giving may be coming to a close, the approval of the Final Scoping Plan which will provide a way forward to achieving the emissions-reduction targets initiated by the … more
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Birdfeeders and the winter solstice
I have been fortunate enough to walk into Stonehenge across the Salisbury Plain while it was open grass, and misunderstood, and standing like a lonely frontier outpost to mankind’s forgotten … more
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Guns and the Moscow murders
The murders of four Idaho college students that have marred the national news this joyous season leave us with the nagging question, generally untouched upon in the so-called liberal media, of how … more
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The garlic is in
Having lost an entire field of garlic last year, it was clear I had to try something different. As the field failed, I had the Cornell Extension vegetable field inspector over to look at it, but I … more
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Let’s close the book on Trump
Trump’s enormous ego just can’t accept defeat. He continues to rant on his social media platform, ‘Truth Social,’ that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen from him based … more
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New York Birds and Bees Protection Act
Bees need us. They are being killed by neurotoxins called neonicotinoids (neonics for short). Just one neonic-treated corn seed has enough active ingredients to kill 250,000 bees. When neonics in … more
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Thank you
I would like to thank the residents of the Village of Montgomery and surrounding towns who came out in large numbers during a snowy day to donate toys to United States Marines Toys for Tots Train on … more
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Follow-up on the greenhouse
Brian couldn’t sleep at night. He was having nightmares about the plastic. It just goes to show that fine craftsmen and artisans take their work home with them. They don’t leave anything … more
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The company Trump keeps speaks volumes
A while back Trump hosted a dinner at this Mar-A-Lago country club with Kanye West ( now also known as Ye ), a self-avowed antisemite who on numerous occasions has spewed antisemitic comments on … more
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Government for the elite
The recently passed legislation barring railroad workers from going on strike is the latest example of government working on behalf of the elite, not the people. Regardless of whether or not the … more
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Tension in the Gothic high tunnel
The day began in high regards. A slight tension reared its head when it became clear to the crew that I didn’t have the doors done and that, oh yeah, for sure, it was going to take me longer … more
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Medicare
The open session is upon us, a period during which seniors can switch health insurance plans. Seniors are receiving solicitations to join Medicare Advantage plans with promises of huge money savings, … more
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The end of summer
I know there are those other seasons, but for me I am either warm or cold. Warm means summer, cold, not so much. We are squarely in the not so much. I don’t mind it; I wouldn’t mind it if … more
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Trump again, no way
On November 15 from his Mar-a-Lago country club Donald Trump officially announced he is running again for President in 2024. It is hard to imagine he will be eligible to run since he is knee-deep in … more
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The State of the Union
Election Day was a real rush. Most of you know I work the polls as an election inspector; that means I help people sign in to vote, make sure they can read the fine print, know that there is a … more
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Thanks to Gardiner’s Voters
On behalf of the Vote Yes Gardiner Committee for Open Space, Farmland and Clean Water, we’d like to thank everyone who helped support Gardiner’s efforts to enact a Community Preservation … more
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