Millerton News Opinion/Viewpoint

The Millerton News is so pleased to be sponsoring a Meet the Candidates forum, which the impartial New York State League of Women Voters (LWV) will be moderating, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at Webutuck High School.

Regret missing Fire Company’s Open House

I’m sorry I missed the festivities at the Millerton firehouse and its new Annex on Sunday, Sept. 12th.  

I guess I have always been a proud American, though as a tyke I didn’t always realize it. I learned my family’s ancestors even served during the American Revolution. An ancestor of mine even became POTUS. My grandfather was named after him: Martin VanBuren Conklin.

The long-term cause and effect of this pandemic is now reaching into one of the world’s most unique and precious treasures: the giant Sequoia forests in California. Financial pressure across the nation has caused both cutbacks as well as staffing issues. 

This year, on Monday, Sept.

When’s the right time for a senior and their family and caregivers to plan for the legal issues that could face them in later life?

The past 18 months have seen the economy take a hiatus across many industries. Less commerce, less tax revenue, more government spending needed to keep the population going, means more borrowing. But let’s put some of this into context, historical context. It is not, thankfully, as bad as you may think.