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Timing is everything

As I sat in the darkened theater Tuesday night, every once in a while I’d hear the clang of a hammer or the whirl of a drill. Momentarily, I marveled at the realistic sound ef... read more...


It's OK to spread these 'Rumors'

Rumors. What would a small town (or ‘30 Seconds,’ for that matter) be without these juicy tidbits of gossip floating around? Whether we admit it or not, we all love to spread ... read more...


Book signing at McDonough Library Wednesday

McDONOUGH – Local author and native Dustin Warburton, along with collaborator and fellow McDonough native Nathan Gorman, will be on hand at the McDonough Library Wednesday nig... read more...


Forsythe honored with Tecklenburg Award

NBT Bank’s Daryl Forsythe, left, was presented with the Harry Tecklenburg Leadership Award Thursday night at the Canasawacta Country Club, at a dinner kicking off the 2012 Cla... read more...


Meet the new class of Leadership Chenango

The 2012 class of Leadership Chenango began their journey with a kickoff dinner at the Canasawacta Country Club Thursday night. Embarking on the Chenango Foundation’s nine-mon... read more...


Revisiting the 'Diary of Anne Frank'

Somehow, in my post-high school haze, I managed to file “The Diary of Anne Frank” under stale academia. Did we read about it too many times? Watch the video over and over? Was... read more...


Turn the beat around ...

Much like nature, The Evening Sun newsroom abhors a vacuum. I’ve seen it happen a hundred times (OK, more like half a hundred times, but I’ve long since stopped counting) – e... read more...


Closing the ES Forum ...

Sometimes, you just have to know when to give up. That’s what we’ve done on our website, www.evesun.com today – the online Forum is no more. We started it with a redesign of t... read more...


"Breaking Up" is hard to resist

I decided to take a little break from the deep-fried goodness of the Chenango County Fair Thursday night and spend a little time down in Greene with my good friend, Neil Sedak... read more...


Former Sheriff Joseph Benenati remembered

Editor’s Note: Longtime Chenango County Sheriff Joseph Benenati Jr. passed away this morning at the age of 97. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Wilson Funeral Home in N... read more...


Lucy Funke Scholarships awarded

The Chenango County Council of the Arts made its annual presentation Wednesday of the Lucy Funke Scholarship Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The scholarships are named for ... read more...


Frontier CEO visits expanding Sherburne center

SHERBURNE – One day the White House, the next ... Sherburne, NY? Might seem like a bit of a stretch for some, but not for Frontier Communications CEO Maggie Wilderotter. “I l... read more...


Hanging out in the teacher’s lounge

When Melissa Stagnaro and I walked into the Oxford Retired Teachers Association luncheon on Tuesday, we were buck naked. Worse, they started to give us a test for which we had... read more...


Time for goodbye again

I’m hesitant to eulogize Tyler Murphy yet again as it’s been done in each successive column this week, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mark the auspicious occasion in some way. ... read more...


Norwich budget passes; Morrone, McBride win board seats

NORWICH – Voters in the Norwich City School District have passed the 2011-12 spending plan by a vote of 670 to 366. In a five-way race for two school board seats, voters elec... read more...



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