Millerton News Editorial

If there is one thing most people around the world should be able to agree on, it’s that ever since we have all been placed in near isolation and had to deal with living under pandemic conditions until now, more than two years later, when life is pretty much back normal, we have all dealt with a tremendous amount of stress.

This past Saturday, May 14, the North East (Webutuck) Central School District (WCSD) celebrated an important moment in its history, as it celebrated the grand opening of its brand-new on-site health center.

Our beloved Girl Scouts are dealing with a serious cookie crisis this year, due to a confluence of issues due in no small measure to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

There are so many parts of our lives that have been changed by COVID-19 and its variants over the past two years. Feel as if you’ve read that sentence here and elsewhere before? Yes, no doubt you have. But repetition doesn’t make it any less true.

During the past two-plus years since the coronavirus hit our shores, there have been many people in our midst who have shown themselves to be stellar human beings. Certainly, here in our Harlem Valley community, there are more than a few shinning examples.

We all know the adage, in order to preserve what you have, you have to protect it.

That can easily be applied to why a junior U.S. senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson, created Earth Day in 1970. He was concerned about how rapidly the environment was breaking down and wanted to raise public awareness about water and air pollution.

With more than 19 years of experience as the chef proprietor of the Hudson restaurant Charleston, Carole Clark was more than familiar with what it took to make a person feel satiated.

Governments are constantly striving for transparency these days — especially when it comes to tough topics dealing with issues like whether a community should do away with its own local police force and instead contract with the county sheriff’s office.