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When I was a child, the rules of responsibility were fairly simple. If you broke a neighbor’s window, you were expected to admit what you had done and pay for the repair....
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BY JAMES MARTORANO
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9/4/26
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Life is no day at the beach, sometimes even when you spend a day at the beach.
But here at our home away from home in Ocean City, Md., it's only 15 minutes away. And the beach is clean, free and enticing. I schlepped so much stuff from the car I...
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BY RICK MELÉN
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9/4/26
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The room fell quiet.
As our first responder roundtable was drawing to a close, I asked one final question:
“What mental health resources does New York state provide to support our local police officers, firefighters, EMTs and dispatchers after...
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BY MATT SLATER
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9/4/26
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After the death of a loved one it is not unusual for the family to delay making decisions or taking any...
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BY ANTHONY ENEA
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9/4/26
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"Eat as much of the local cuisine as you can, and drink the local beverages offered."
-Anthony Bourdain
I’ve heard from readers who are using KBM brewery profiles as craft beer travel guides, and I couldn’t be happier!
So we leaned into the...
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BY JOHN BART
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9/4/26
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Folding warm shirts and pajamas fresh from the clothes dryer, I held up one of my favorite summer T-shirts.
This soft, faded black short-sleeved T-shirt has bright pink lettering and images of an ice cream cone and a pink 1950’s car promoting...
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BY KIM KOVACH
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9/4/26
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Dear Dr. Linda,
We live in New York, but our daughter decided to only apply to colleges on the west coast.
No matter how we tried to change her mind, she wouldn’t listen. I understand that at the time there were many things happening at home,...
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9/4/26
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Flock cameras have been garnering a lot of headlines recently.
They are also generating a lot of controversy across the country. So what exactly is a Flock camera? Flock is a brand name for a class of surveillance equipment known as ALPRs (which...
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BY DON SCOTT
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9/4/26
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Americans deserve better than slogans. Every election season, politicians stand at podiums delivering speeches that say nothing, while TV ads show grainy photos of opponents and dramatic voiceovers warning that the other person is dangerous,...
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BY JOHN MOOREN
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8/8/26
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The first responsibility of government is simple: to protect its citizens by upholding the rule of law.
Laws exist to create order, protect innocent people, provide justice for victims, and ensure that everyone is treated equally under a common...
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BY ED LACHTERMAN
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8/8/26
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I was a skinny kid. I remember complaining about it at the dinner table one time, probably around the time I was in seventh grade. I wanted to bulk up a little bit.
My brother, a football star in high school who later earned a football...
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BY BOB DUMAS
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8/8/26
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I've often said that getting old is a young man's game. I'm too advanced in years to put up with all the baggage goes along with aging. But if you really want to make yourself feel old, get yourself a puppy. And if you want...
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BY RICK MELÉN
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8/8/26
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When we were 13, Sonya and I stood up in our canoe with one foot on each blazing-hot gunnel, held our paddles across the boat like a tightrope walker's pole, and bounced.
The idea was to dump the other paddler in the water. Sometimes I fell off;...
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BY JOAN ESTES BARICKMAN
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8/8/26
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The First Amendment does not exist to protect popular speech. It exists to protect speech that someone, somewhere, finds offensive.
That principle appears to be at the heart of the controversy that recently unfolded in Putnam County.
As part of...
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Growing up having a beach house was a treat and a thrill, but when I graduated from high school in a January class, I was expected to get a job.
That meant my very next summer would not be spent basking in the sun. My folks told me I needed to...
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BY MARILYN PELLINI
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8/8/26
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Gov. Hochul's Executive Order 62 — which pauses new discretionary permitting for large data center projects for one year while New York develops a statewide regulatory framework — has generated considerable debate about the future of artificial...
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BY JOHN R. GORDON
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8/8/26
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Turn on the TV, pick up a newspaper or, God forbid, spend some time monitoring social-media outrage, and you would get the idea that Americans do not agree on very much.
Politicians frame every election as an existential crisis. Recent...
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BY DON SCOTT
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8/8/26
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One question I commonly ask my clients is about their children's relationships with one another. At first, I often receive a puzzled look. However, the relationship your children have with each other often has a great deal to do with estate...
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BY LAUREN ENEA
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7/31/26
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If you’re a seasoned traveler, you’ve probably developed a few strategies for saving money when booking vacations.
Maybe you compare prices, apply promotions, use onboard credits, or hold out for last-minute deals. Those tactics can certainly...
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BY ERICA TERRY
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7/31/26
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We threw our annual spring party recently, and since the summer soiree season is kicking into high gear, it occurred to me to offer a few pointers to those hoping for a successful get-together.
The invitations should reflect the purpose of the...
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BY RICK MELÉN
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7/31/26
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