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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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The hardest part of our trip was leaving America.
Before reaching Cancún, we survived expired passports, federal bureaucracy, a wrong-way driver and JFK.
There is nothing like planning a relaxing...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
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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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Dear Editor,
The North Salem Republican Town Committee believes the voters of New York’s 17th Congressional District deserve a full and open exchange of ideas before casting their ballots in what is expected to be...
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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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This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to the center of the national debate when he appeared before a Senate committee and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights rather than answer questions about COVID’s origins, gain-of-function research and the...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
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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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Fifty years ago, audiences sat in stunned fascination as the film "Network" delivered one of the most memorable moments in cinematic history.
Facing dismissal and emotional collapse, television news anchor Howard Beale threw aside professional...
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BY JAMES MARTORANO
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7/31/26
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On walks through the neighborhood, I am aware of the sights and sounds around me.
I do not talk on the phone or stare down and scroll while I am walking. I look at the blue sky, the brilliant yellow sun, the leafy trees, the changing flora and...
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BY KIM KOVACH
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7/31/26
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“Time spent with cats is never wasted."
–Sigmund Freud
Dr. Freud and I usually see eye-to-eye, except when it comes to cats.
The excellent brewery you're about to read about has a cat theme. But thanks to a traumatic childhood scratching...
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BY JOHN BART
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7/31/26
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Dear Dr. Linda,
Thank you for the July 2 column.
Our children and grandchildren had a lot of fun memorizing the Preamble to the Constitution while we ate our hamburgers and hot dogs at our son’s home celebrating the Fourth of July. Many of us,...
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BY DR. LINDA SILBERT
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7/31/26
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