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ALBANY — The signers of our Bill of Rights knew that a free press was essential to the health of our democracy. That’s why the First Amendment to the ...

I suppose if I wasn’t so predisposed to being a “news junkie,” I might be able to spare myself some angst and grief over what’s happening in the world...

ALBANY — Communities without a local newspaper experience higher government spending, lower voter participation and higher levels of civic mistrust. S...

The need today is real and Catholic Charities is, as it has been for the last century, here to meet the challenge. HOPE is central to the work we do e...

I paid a pricey sum recently for another product on the market that was supposed to better my health and well-being. It was one of many that I see adv...

Recently, Sen. Bernie Sanders, socialist gadfly, proposed that the U.S. federal government should mandate a four-day, 32-hour work week. Before we con...

On the evening of March 30, Chemung County Sheriff’s Investigator Mike Theetge, in pursuit of a suspect in a retail theft operation at a Target store ...

This is typically a nervous time of year for high school seniors and their parents as they await financial aid eligibility notices from colleges and u...

I’ve been having bad dreams. Some I would even call nightmares. That is, I have these when I can sleep at all. Lots of nights I can’t, or I’ll doze so...

National Public Health Week (April 1-7) is a time for us to reflect on the importance of the public health institutions in our community. The American...

As we walked through the patchy snow to Uncle Lawrence’s sugar shack in the woods behind his house, the pungent smell of smoke greeted us as we drew n...

Public relations can sometimes be a cushy job. Not easy, mind you, but generally stable. Write a fluff piece here, hype up an event there and then hop...

Karl Marx would be proud. Bernie Sanders has proposed taking another step toward the philosopher’s envisioned utopia by proposing to mandate a four-da...

Irish American Heritage Month follows African American History Month on the American history calendar. African American history celebrated in February...

What was I thinking? When I brought not one but two cats home from the SPCA, it stemmed from a notion they would entertain and keep each other company...

Plenty of us have said it time and again over the past several years since former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Kathy Hochul and a State Legislature under a...

The popular platform for short-form videos, TikTok, changed the way young Americans view the world. With an estimated 170 million Americans using TikT...

The April 1 deadline for enacting a new state budget is fast approaching and the Democratic majorities in the Senate and Assembly are adopting their r...