To The Reader’s Forum: As the 19th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on America passes, it is with a somber heart I remember that day and the days and months following. As a member of the New York State Police, like so many of my brothers and sisters, I was detailed as first ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Where have normalcy and decency gone? Obviously, healthwise, Coronavirus/COVID-19 has significantly interrupted normalcy. It has been over 100 years since the last pandemic hit America. Fighting a “novel” disease should bring Americans together inasmuch as it’s ...

The Hard Work Of County Staff, Nurses Has Gone Unappreciated To The Reader’s Forum: A few weeks ago as the story about Fieldbrook Foods was breaking, a rather negative article appeared blasting the local health department and county government “handling” of the news. The story line ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Over the past 28 years the only Republican presidential candidate to win a majority of the American public’s vote was George W. Bush in 2004. Seven presidential elections and only once did the people of our country choose a Republican. 2020 will be the eighth as ...

To the Reader’s Forum: Tom Reed, while you have refused to debate your opponent, Tracy Mitrano, you recently stated in this newspaper: “I’m always willing to see the other side of the equation, and you do that . . . by sitting, by talking and most importantly by listening.” I ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Oh Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command. So begins the national anthem of our kind neighbors to the north. A land we Americans are no longer welcome in. Canada is known all over the world for being open and friendly. Stand ...