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While we have had a number of hot days, we have been fortunate to have escaped the killing heat other places have been enduring. On those really hot days, older folks are reminded to beat the heat by drinking plenty of fluids, saving the heavy housework for cooler days and staying indoors during the More ... In the early days of our country, the Founding Fathers recognized that a viable democracy required an informed citizenry. One of the first agencies created by the Continental Congress was the Post Office Department, and one of the most important reasons was to create a means for delivering the news More ... Imagine watching something wash away; taken away slowly but surely. Agonizing over each inch, each foot, one at a time. The terrible sense of helplessness and frustration due to the inability not only to find the cause, but come up with a solution. I More ... Modern conveniences such as computers with e-mail, online and all the other bells and whistles, fax machines and cell phones have brought us into the 21st Century with great speed. However, there is much to be said for the slower pace where things could not get lost in cyberspace, which is what happ More ... 20 Years Ago... All official discussion of proposed movement of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) to the Neponsit Home for the Aged was halted this week when both residents of the home and residents of the area took the city and its Health and Hospitals Corporati More ... In spite of what is going on around us in the world, we can say that we choose to make fun our path in life. More ... any times in the past a postcard of mystery was found at a post card bourse, which was somehow connected to the Rockaways. At times More ... During the hot, hazy, humid days of summer it is difficult to think about the education of our young Americans. The No Child Left Behind Program initiated by President Bush that gives states and local cities and towns mandates to achieve excellence in education is laudatory. At the same time, the pr More ... |
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