Millerton News Editorial

The 95-year-old tradition of having ski jumping in Salisbury in February continues this year, despite a worldwide pandemic and the tough economic challenges that all businesses face, including those in the Tri-state region that support the volunteer-run event in so many ways.

For nearly a century and a half, every week, loyal readers of The Millerton News have waited patiently for their subscription to be delivered to their mailbox so they can catch up on their local news. Others have picked up the latest copy of their community paper at the corner market or maybe at a nearby gas station. 

Shortly before noon on Wednesday, Jan. 20, Joseph R. Biden Jr. took the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States, becoming the oldest man to do so at the age of 78. Moments earlier, Kamala D.

This time last year, The Lakeville Journal Company had come through a critical time in its history.

There are times when we, as human beings, question what we’re seeing with our very own eyes. We perhaps doubt that what we’re witnessing is actually what we are witnessing. Could it be an illusion, a trick, a mirage? Wednesday, Jan.

We’ve finally made it. After 12 exhausting, seemingly endless and torturous months, we’ve managed to put 2020 — a year of death and tragedy — the year of the global coronavirus pandemic — behind us.

There’s been a lot of chatter on social media in the Tri-state region, and especially in Millerton, about face masks in the past couple of weeks. In fact, more than 130 comments were posted on one Facebook page, plus nearly 100 emojis — and that’s just on a single page.

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