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Most communities had at least one corner store. When I grew up there were three corner stores along the way as I walked to school. The one we frequented most wa

As each year passes to the next, I find it more and more difficult to bring a new and refreshing veterans story to the readers of the paper. It seems like an ea

The other night we came home from having dinner out with the family, and found a mess left by the dogs. One of them is a pup and is still “learning the ropes,

In last week’s column, I mentioned that I love it when my children buy me tickets as a gift rather than more stuff. An hour after I finished writing on Tuesda

Despite the significant increase in interest rates over the past 18 months, the US economy has continued to thrive, thanks to a robust job market and strong con

For decades, time and again, America’s tax code has been twisted and tweaked to give tax breaks to the top and crumbs (or nothing) to the tens of millions on

Trying to line up votes in a legislative chamber has often been compared to “trying to herd cats.” It is not an easy job. It has been made even tougher in t

HYDE PARK, N.Y.—As a guest arrives at a library in Dutchess County, an archivist takes him to a part of the library off limits to the general public. One i

My birthday is this week. I’m not completely comfortable with that. I’ve never been this old before. Well actually, I could say the same thing about yester

All of the cold rainy weather made me think of comfort food. There are many things that I consider comfort food. Most of all it is food that is satisfying. O