Winter has finally arrived across the region, which means we have entered a season during which we have even more reasons to be cautious about how we heat and light our homes. Working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are essential. On Christmas Day, four adult family members died in New ...
To the editor: Many who never voted for Donald Trump before, did so in November’s election. Now that he’s about to begin his second term, I wonder how many are experiencing buyer’s remorse. Are you getting what you voted for? Since November, some who rely on ACA for affordable ...
American Public-school education from the very beginning lived by strict traditional doctrines. I began teaching in 1969. At the time, the educators in positions of power were rethinking how to educate the students in the classroom setting. In the early 1970s, new teaching mandates were being ...
Well, we blinked. And another year has come and gone. So, with that, I believe I am supposed to say, Happy New Year! Of course, I, for one, am not someone who celebrates the start of another year. To me, it is just another day — not the beginning of something different. I am that ...
Just a few days ago, we ushered in 2025. I didn’t do much, to be honest, on New Year’s Eve. My wife and I spent the evening at home with our son Paul and watched some coverage of the events going on in Times Square. Life with small children makes it impossible to go out to celebrate the New ...
“No American should face homelessness,” reads the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s news release accompanying the January 2024 Point-In-Time Count Report. Yes, the data is a year old, but each year’s snapshot gives us a better understanding of how many in our ...