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The passing of a legend ...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve avoided putting Jim Wright on the front page of this newspaper over the years. I’ve probably cropped him out of a dozen photographs as he ... read more...
Sunday show an Arts Council Valentine
NORWICH – In its first show of the new year, the Chenango County Council of the Arts is presenting a Valentine to its audience in a time when they could use a little love. St... read more...
CMH calls governor’s proposed health care reforms ‘the right diagnosis, wrong prescription’
NORWICH – Taking an impending budget crisis into their own hands, officials at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich last week invited local and state politicians in to see th... read more...
The Ghosts of Progresses Past
If you’ve come anywhere near me or one of my reporters this week, you no doubt have heard us complain that we are in the midst of “Progress” and can’t be bothered to think abo... read more...
From the Big Easy to Norwich
NORWICH – You’d think that after surviving the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, a little upstate New York wintry weather would be a piece of cake. Even so, Irvin Mayfield’s not s... read more...
Delivering Christmas
No sooner have we cleared the table and put the leftovers in the fridge, then it’s time to deck the halls. It seems Christmas comes faster and faster with each passing year, a... read more...
Act one, scene one
Although for the most part I’ve enjoyed my scores of high school theater experiences over the years in almost every district in the county, I’ve got to admit I’ve seen some re... read more...
Political leanings
“Everyone knows The Evening Sun is a Republican newspaper.” “Your paper couldn’t be any more Democratic if it tried.” Two reader comments, as far apart on the right-left sca... read more...
Board receives positive audit
NORWICH – The Norwich City School District Board of Education received the final edition of a 55-page audit at Tuesday night’s meeting. “All and all, for the area and some u... read more...
The milk of human kindness
Often in my travels about town I’m asked, “What can Organization X do to get more/better coverage in your paper?” The answer is simple, but often taken as glib. “Say please an... read more...
Dysfunction Junction
The Chenango River Theatre is doing a great job of helping me relive some of my favorite ‘80s movies, live and on stage. First, it was “Other People’s Money” last month; now, ... read more...
Local author unveils new children's book
OXFORD – Just in time for Halloween, Chenango native son Dustin Warburton is returning to his former stomping grounds with another new book to unveil – but instead of a bone-c... read more...
Like sands through the hour glass ...
Howie Sullivan could be a key witness in getting Lowell Baldwin off on a 40-year-old murder charge. Lowell, of course, is a former 60s radical who police accuse of setting a b... read more...
Hospice Heroes: Betty Convis
Hospice & Palliative Care would like to introduce you to a few of the special people we had the privilege to serve in the past year. Our compassionate end-of-life care was tak... read more...
Cloris Leachman scares me
I thought I’d take us on a little break from the drama on Wall Street and at the county courthouse today and occupy our minds with something a little more numbing – “Dancing w... read more...
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