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Not Lincoln’s Court
On Tuesday 9/19/23, Students for Fair Admissions sued to stop affirmative action in admissions to the nation’s military academies. That group recently won a lawsuit in the Republican majority … more
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The season of festivals
Since before the advent of agriculture, there have been the harvests. My old Jamaican friend, Rupert, called it the “reaping.” “The reaping” was his favorite work on the farm. … more
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Addressing underlying causes of recent weather disasters
Your coverage of last week’s storm (“Central Hudson crews work to restore service after damaging storms” September 8) revealed our area’s extensive network of mutual support. … more
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A Trump win spells disaster at home and abroad
The G-20 summit was recently held in New Delhi, India, hosted by its Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was attended by both the wealthiest and developing nations (the top 20 economies). On the … more
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The rotten apple wars
Between Houston Street and what is today called Schipps Lane, my grandfather owned a good chunk of land, and he built a house on it, and across the expansive lawn, he built a long shed with a series … more
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Where did the time go?
Sixty years. Where did the time go?  In June, 1963, I graduated from Valley Central High School along with a hundred or more of my closest friends.  This past weekend, Labor Day weekend, I … more
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Supporting the Birds and Bees Protection Act
The NYS legislature has taken an important move to ban a dangerous pesticide that has been causing bee colony collapse by proposing the Birds and Bees Protection Act (S1856A). Neonicotinoids, called … more
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AG wants to educate illegal aliens at our expense
It is outrageous that the New York State Attorney General Letitia James (who is supposed to uphold the law) demands that taxpayers finance the education of illegal aliens who have broken our laws and … more
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Dinosaur park Montgomery
The town board in Montgomery has decided, in closed session, that it is ok to build an amusement park on 17k without letting the taxpayers have a voice in the matter. This park will attract … more
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Memories of Maybrook
A recent article by Richard Phelps about memories of Maybrook has caused me to reflect about my own such memories. Like others, I was born in Maybrook, not in a hospital. Maybrook was a railroad … more
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The burning of the horns
Pop’s herd was predominantly Holstein with a few brown cows like Jerseys or a Guernsey thrown in to up the butterfat count. For those who know little about cows, (like, ah, everybody?) within … more
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Water break with timber rattlers
The day was grey and breezy with fast moving squalls in air that was warm one moment and then gave me a chill in the next. Phoebe was coming up from Brooklyn just for an overnight, and both of us had … more
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I was there
Sixty years ago, on August 28, 1963, I was in the crowd to hear Martin Luther King, Jr., say that he wished his children - and all people - be judged by the quality of their character, not on the … more
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Far from nonsense
The four indictments against Trump stem from the Manhattan “hush money” payment probe, the special counsel’s Mar-a-Lago documents case, the special counsel’s January 6 … more
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Late summer greenhouse update
A bird strike obliterated one of the 7 by 9 panes of glass in the greenhouse front door. It must have been a pretty good-sized bird to have the mass necessary to make the shape and type of hole … more
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Trump a dictator?
Don’t you just love these nonsense letters about Trump being a dictator if he is elected? Let’s see, what would a dictator do if one was elected? How about arresting his political … more
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A short, steep road to Blissville
Farmers know nothing waits for them, nothing at all. Whatever this is, this life – this world – it is moving all the time. The sun never stood still over Jericho, nor anywhere else. The … more
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Reject homeless housing built for the money

There has been a lot of drama over a 50 unit homeless housing project proposed on Johnston Street in the City of Newburgh. It is being “sold” as affordable housing for Newburgh’s … more
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Memories of Maybrook
Maybrook is a small village, once an unexpected center of northeastern transportation, seeming now more like the end of the road than the start of it. Long before Eisenhower’s interstate … more
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Dangerous Toys
As I drove from Newburgh to Walden along Route 52 just after dark on Thursday, August 3, 2023, it was my great misfortune to come up behind two darkly clad young men riding gasoline powered bikes … more
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