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Apr 3, 2013 | Press & Sun-Bulletin

Guest Viewpoint: 2 roads to future, but which to choose?

Residents of the Southern Tier know the flood threat under which we live. My concern is over the lack of concerted effort on the part of local, state and federal government to ameliorate the potential effects of catastrophic flooding of the Susquehanna River.

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Study Finds Computers for Low-Income Kids Gives No Educational Boost

Education 'Computer ownership alone' makes no impact on schooling outcomes, at least in the short term

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How well do you know gay rights?

History has moved quickly for gay rights in the past four decades. Have you kept up?

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Sun Mar 24, 2013

Poughkeepsie Journal

Valley Explorer: Try a Palm Sunday pilgrimage in the wilderness

"God is as near us as ever He was" writes Esopus naturalist John Burroughs, "Why should we take our revelations at second-hand?" And so, on Palm Sunday, nature lovers from the mid-Hudson chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club -- founded in Poughkeepsie 65 years ago -- continue their tradition of a pilgrimage in Harriman State Park and attending ... (more)

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Tue Mar 12, 2013

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Longtime Broome IDA director to step down

The longtime leader of the Broome County Industrial Development Agency on Tuesday announced his plans to retire from his post in June.

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