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Last week we wrote about an incredibly important issue: The debate over whether people should wear face masks during the current second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, and a local business that has taken an anti-mask stance (although its workers are now wearing masks after being fined for violating the state mandate by the Dutchess County Depa
To mask or not to mask? That seems to be the question on millions of Americans’ minds these days, as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the nation, killing hundreds of thousands of our men and women who only months ago were leading vibrant lives surrounded by their loved ones.
The Lakeville Journal Company has many reasons to be grateful this year as Thanksgiving is upon us. With so many things so very different from last year at this time, how can that be?
Believe it or not, this year, we actually still have much for which to be thankful — now and, we hope, in the near future. Yes, the world is in the middle of a deadly pandemic. As of Monday, Nov. 23, 1,396,579 people have died across the globe from the coronavirus.
After 20 years of dreaming of what it would be like to be able to step off from Main Street in Millerton and end up at Beilke Road in Ancram, the Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association (HVRTA) finally has its answer.
Some of our readers may have noticed that the past couple of weeks — and this week — we’ve included in our print editions a letter from the owners of The Lakeville Journal Company. Well, actually, we know that some of you have noticed, because we are already receiving responses and support proving it.
By the time you read this editorial, hopefully, you’ll know who has won most of the races in this year’s election. At least, we think so. We also hope that you’ll have a pretty strong indication of who our next president will be.
There’s no doubt that this year, the year of COVID-19, the holidays will be tough for most families in America. After all, thanks to the pandemic, the “seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed workers in the U.S. in September of 2020 was 12.5 million, compared to 5.75 million in September of 2019.
Let’s just lay it on the line: We are concerned, as Americans will be heading to the polls Nov. 3 to elect their next president, because they have to choose between two imperfect candidates, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former Vice President Joseph Biden. (More than 28 million have voted early, as of Tuesday, Oct.
As promised last week, here is more on the way this newspaper will continue to find ways to maintain a viable business model for local journalism. As noted, this is the first week The Lakeville Journal Company is instituting a price increase for single copy sales at dealers, as well as for print and online subscriptions.
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