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That exhortation from playwright Arthur Miller’s masterwork, Death of a Salesman, is one of the most famous lines in the American theater, and it immediately came to mind when I learned that a naval officer of singular distinction, Commander William F. Bundy, USN (Ret.), a member of “The Centennial Seven,” had suddenly passed away on 15 December 2019. In that spirit, I headed north on a sunny December day a little over a year ago to attend a funeral with full military honors. Driving from northern Manhattan to Rhode Island takes about four hours, plenty of time to retrace the extraordi...

Credit: pa/dominic lipinski SIR – I fear that my cousin, Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England (Letters, February 19), is being disingenuous when he implies that NHS cancer treatment has been satisfactory during the pandemic. The statistics he cites do not reflect the misery that thousands of patients have suffered as a result of their treatments being postponed. I should know. My own treatment for prostate cancer was delayed by six months and wasn’t completed until nine months after diagnosis. The specialist hospital that provided my care was largely mothballe...

A man who dedicated his life to service and helping keep communities safe has passed away. From Toms River and Ocean County to Lewistown, Pennsylvania and the College of Charleston, he had a positive attitude and impact everywhere. William F. Herkert Jr. passed away on Friday at the age of 65 following a battle with cancer, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, who served for 17-years in the Toms River Police Department with Captain Herkert and Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little, tell Townsquare Media Jersey Shore News. Herkert retired as a Captain with the Toms River Police Department and...

The Dickinson-Williams mansion in Greeneville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Phil Gentry, Greeneville Sun. By Marian Betancourt, Contributor The Irish Mansion in Greeneville, Tennessee. William Dickson left County Antrim, Ireland at the age of 16 for a better life in Greeneville, Tennessee. He succeeded. By 1796, when he was 21, he was commissioned by President George Washington to be the town’s first postmaster, a lifetime appointment. He also amassed a considerable fortune as a merchant. This mountainous region of northeast Tennessee was not easy to get to except ...

Living His BEST Life How this Fire and Rescue Captain turned his personal journey into a progressive initiative for first responder preventative wellness By “The things we see, the smells, the sounds, the things we step on….no one needs to experience any of that. No one…” The horrors first responders experience repeatedly on the job are beyond comprehension yet we expect these heroes to remain unscathed and tethered. Even imaginary superheroes have weaknesses so why do we hold our responders to an unimaginable level of mental performance?  Years and years of resistance, avoidance, ...