Millerton News Editorial

The Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation and Nuvance Health joined forces and held what we think was an especially important online roundtable discussion on Monday, Jan. 24.

It is so refreshing to be able to dedicate this editorial space to something, or someone, and simply give credit for a job well done. In this case, a job incredibly well done. We could even say, a job worthy of a superhero status.

While the world’s attention has been keenly focused on the coronavirus for the past two years, understandably so, our elected officials have had to continue to do their jobs beyond dealing with the pandemic — a monumental chore in and of itself.

Set quietly amid the affluent community of Millbrook, you might be surprised to find one of the world’s most elite ecological scientific research centers.

A handful of people in Amenia have been hard at work for a long time, trying to solve the problem of how a business district without a modern central wastewater system can attract more merchants, restaurant owners and other business people to invest in their community.

Congratulations, everyone, we have finally made it to year’s end. 2021 is quickly coming to a close and somehow, some way, we have all managed to survive another challenging and tumultuous 365 days during year two of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s mid-December, a joyous time for most who are thick in the grip of their holiday celebrations — shopping, baking, wrapping, visiting — doing all of those things that make us most jolly.

For what seems like the first time in a while, the holiday spirit seems to have been generously sprinkled all around the Harlem Valley — as those who live and work here, those who govern our towns and villages, along with those who manage many of our social services, nonprofits, libraries, churches, police and fire departments, our veterans, Sco