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EDITORIAL: Prepare to stay safe on New Year’s Eve

EDITORIAL: Prepare to stay safe on New Year’s Eve

There are three places you don’t want to start the new year: the police station, the emergency room or the morgue. Is that plain enough for you to...

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Letters for Monday, December 29, 2025

Letters for Monday, December 29, 2025

America must help its people in need Our country has lost its way. Many people on either side of the political divide would agree. However, the...

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Letters for Sunday, December 28, 2025

Letters for Sunday, December 28, 2025

The eve of destruction. Why can’t we be friends In Mr. Figliozzi’s Dec. 21’s “Religion” submittal he states, “The alteration in...

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EDITORIAL: Prioritize law to protect children in custody disputes

EDITORIAL: Prioritize law to protect children in custody disputes

Divorces involving children can be messy. Couples who loathe each other sometimes do everything they can to punish one another. And one of the most...

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Christmas is over, and the long, slow slog to spring is just beginning. March is evidence that Mother Nature is a liar, promising a spring that...

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EDITORIAL: Urge government officials to pass bills to fight human trafficking

EDITORIAL: Urge government officials to pass bills to fight human trafficking

“I was on the streets for six years. I was trafficked by multiple people who took advantage of a drug addiction I had developed. They would...

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Letters for Saturday, December 27, 2025

Letters for Saturday, December 27, 2025

Stefanik and Dolan carry Trump’s stain Two high-profile Trump acolytes brought joy to many when they recently announced their departure from public...

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Examining the decreasing Capital Region crime rate from the view of the police

Examining the decreasing Capital Region crime rate from the view of the police

CAPITAL REGION — Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino made an interesting, and entirely valid, point when he and I discussed a 58% drop in crime...

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Letters for Friday, December 26, 2025

Letters for Friday, December 26, 2025

Citizens must stand up for democracy I try to never forget democracy is a clash of ideas and it is supposed to be just that. So, when I hear...

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Washington Frothingham’s useful life - Focus on History

Washington Frothingham’s useful life - Focus on History

Frothingham Free Library at 28 W. Main St. in Fonda is named for a local man who was a writer and a minister. The Rev. Washington Frothingham was...

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Letters for Thursday, December 25, 2025

Letters for Thursday, December 25, 2025

PBM reform will put patients first again As a family nurse practitioner, who has worked in the Capital Region and throughout the state for a decade,...

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HIGH NOTES: Tree wrapping, accessible kayak launch, walk for Alzheimer's milestone, top bell ringers

HIGH NOTES: Tree wrapping, accessible kayak launch, walk for Alzheimer's milestone, top bell ringers

In Hagaman, Broadalbin-Perth Lions Club teamed up with local high school students and Scouts for the Lions’ annual tree wrapping and fundraiser at...

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