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Water rises from severe flooding along the Guadalupe River.in Kerr County, Texas on Friday, July 4, 2025. Water rises from severe flooding along...

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Hannah Fingerhut

EDITORIAL: Voters lucky to have options in Gloversville

The more choices that voters have on Election Day, the better it is for the citizens, the community and the local government. That’s especially...

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Letters for Friday, July 4, 2025

A patriotic American; what does it take? In his June 28 guest column, (“Dems abandon principles, common sense with Mamdani as NYC mayor nominee,”)...

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HIGH NOTES: Veterans hike, grants for nonprofits, Make-A-Wish walk, Rotary scholarships

In Windham, four American military veterans hiked more than nine miles in searing heat and reached the summit of two Catskill peaks as part of the...

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Letters for Thursday, July 3, 2025

How did we get here? Answer is clear Regarding the June 29 column, (“How did we get here?”) by Patricia Murphy — one word, Trump. He alone has...

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Sprucing up Chicks Painting worker McKenzie Holmes of Cobleskill puts a fresh coat of paint on a business on E. Main Street in Johnstown on...

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Peter R. Barber

EDITORIAL: Celebrate the Fourth safely, with civility

Celebration, civility, safety. It’s OK to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with fireworks. It’s an annual tradition for a watershed moment in...

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Letters for Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Trump isn’t just deporting criminals Every crime is a tragedy. However, in her June 22 letter, (“Shame on supporters of criminal immigrants,”)...

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The Great Sacandaga Lake in Edinburg on June 7, 2024. Operator inexperience was “a major contributing factor” in last week’s personal watercraft...

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Andrew Pugliese

EDITORIAL: Map system helps coordinate responses to overdoses

Columbia County had three suspected fatal overdoses in one week last month. Two of them were in the city of Hudson. All three cases are still under...

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Letters for Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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Lashawn M. Hawkins is throwing her hat into local politics. The activist and non-profit founder of “Lashawn’s Heart,” formerly “I Can Breathe and I...

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Eden Stratton

Letters for Monday, June 30, 2025

Trump’s budget bill is a gift for the rich Trump’s latest tweet about the “Great Big Beautiful Bill,” which “getting to my desk to sign will be a...

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EDITORIAL: Community projects keep hope afloat

When you’re feeling depressed about the state of the country, all the incivility and selfishness and division — and who among us hasn’t felt...

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EDITORIAL: It’s heroic to provide police with information in emergencies

Not all heroes who run toward trouble are trained professional emergency responders. Some are ordinary citizens, who happen see something bad...

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