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Israel, Hamas, Iran & statistics
The terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 on Israel by HAMAS has resulted in 700 deaths, and counting. That is 700 dead out of approximately 9,300,000 million Israeli citizens. The USA population is … more
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Join the Making Strides movement
Apart from skin cancers, breast cancer stands as the most common cancer type affecting women. In 2023 alone, approximately 290,560 individuals will receive the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer. … more
What will it take?
Since President Biden took office in January 2021, our Customs and Border Patrol agents have been doing more work as travel agents and child day-care providers instead of protecting what had been our … more
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Freelance Isn’t Free Act
I have been a freelance graphic artist since 2004. I’ve collected every cent owed to me, but not on time or without fighting. Other independent contractors haven’t been as lucky. Clients … more
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Porch Pirates
Each day, the delivery vehicles drop off packages at people’s door. I myself get them. With Porch Pirates being a problem, I would like to offer a suggestion. When the person delivering the … more
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City of Newburgh and the parking meters
In response and support for Christine Bello’s letter published in the September 7 edition of the Mid Hudson Times: I think Ms. Bello makes many good points in her letter. I would like to add an … more
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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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No respect for taxpayers
With many of Orange County’s government and business leaders gathered today for the annual economic development summit, there is certainly some good news to spotlight: magnets like Legoland … 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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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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Parking permits needed
People who own property, operate a business and/or reside on metered streets need a parking permit to access their building, business or residence.  This is common sense.  You can be … 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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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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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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