Vicki Vingoe, of Shohola, Pa., and her son Edward, 8, on the first snowday of the winter. The Vingoes moved back to the Northeast in part so Edward could experience the magic of snow. ( Vicki Vingoe) The future of snow days When kids woke up to a snow globe world last month, some pulled on snow pants and headed outside for a pre-breakfast snowball... Local News 08 Jan 2021 | 12:49
Caitlin Rollman, an ICU nurse, has Covid. She had to call around to five places and drive 40 minutes to get a test, then wait two hours in her car, while feeling sicker than she’s ever felt. Doctors and nurses feel alone and angry as they gear up for the next wave When Caitlin Rollman, an ICU nurse at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, N.Y., started feeling awful after tending... Home 20 Nov 2020 | 01:52
Though the big family Thanksgiving in the city is off, “I’m feeling wonderful, are you kidding me?” said Terry Balton of Milford, Pa. She is planning instead to take a Covid test and “bubble” with her new granddaughter. (Photo by Ryan Balton) Intimate gatherings will keep the holiday magic alive this year Danielle Linguanti, a business teacher at Goshen High School, married into a Thanksgiving tradition with a 60-year history.... Local News 13 Nov 2020 | 01:48
Pandemic’s silver lining: a fitter lifestyle When Dolly Singh, 60, started working from home in March, at first it was kind of nice. Instead of waking up at 5:50 a.m.... Local News 05 Nov 2020 | 04:53
The turkey flock at Flatbrook Farm, a month from Thanksgiving (Photo by Becca Tucker) Smaller turkeys in demand for downsized Thanksgivings Turkey farmers are struggling as much as everyone else with their predictions during our pandemic era. “We were concerned... Local News 30 Oct 2020 | 02:22
A deer carcass discovered by a pond in Blooming Grove, N.Y. (Photo credit: Audra DeCourcey) Deadly deer virus hits New York hard Abby Ridgeway was walking her dog on September 16 when she saw a downed deer in her wooded backyard in Campbell Hall, N.Y.... Local News 15 Oct 2020 | 02:10
Katie Myrick, who can’t stand Trump, and Chris Watkins, who came home one day all decked out in MAGA gear. (Photo by Becca Tucker) A look into the rare purple marriage Katie Myrick and Chris Watkins live in Milford, Pa., with their blended family of six kids, in a neighborhood thick with... Local News 28 Sep 2020 | 12:55
Aaron Tirpack, left, and Joe Clark preparing to handle the remains of someone who died of Covid-19. Tirpack lost 25 pounds during the pandemic; Clark ended up in the hospital thinking he was having a heart attack. ( Patricia Ferguson) The mad dash to keep society functioning Frontline workers like doctors, nurses, and grocery store employees have rightly been applauded for risking their health... Local News 31 Jul 2020 | 01:19
Ozzie Colon’s garden in Warwick came in first place this year’s Dirt magazine Kitchen Garden Tour. “The garden was beautiful, bountiful and productive with chickens walking around. So calm and beautiful,” noted one ticket holder. “The variety of produce, neatness and the quality is very impressive. Well done, beautiful to look at,” said another. Kitchen Garden Tour winners announced; more than 100 attend socially distanced event “We very nearly didn’t have this year’s tour. It was obvious that it would just have to be canceled like everything else,”... Local News 27 Jul 2020 | 04:37
An older woman tries out a firearm at Master Class Shooters Supply in Monroe, N.Y. (Photo by Rose Miller) People of all walks invest in ‘the great equalizer’ More Americans bought a gun in June than in any month on record, and it’s not just the usual repeat customers. The gun binge,... Local News 24 Jul 2020 | 12:42
Kathleen Kelly-Volpe, 62, is letting her silver emerge. As roots grow out, it’s a chance for a new look Kathleen Kelly-Volpe started coloring her hair when she was about 35. “I was getting divorced,” she said, laughing. “I decided... Local News 16 Jul 2020 | 04:33
This sign that went up the week before July 4 at the firehouse on West Street felt like “a slap in the face” to residents of color. Photos by Daniel Mack. Residents see ‘coded racism’ in firehouse sign The week before Independence Day, a sign went up outside a fire station in Warwick that hung heavy with meaning layered between... Local News 09 Jul 2020 | 08:41
Bob Maxwell, co-owner of Style Counsel in Warwick, N.Y., which has been doing brisk business since retail stores were allowed to reopen with safety measures. (He took his mask off momentarily for the photo.) (Photo by Becca Tucker) Shopkeepers reopen to healthy, even record, sales The future of local retail? “That’s a good one,” laughs Bob Maxwell in his baritone, before excusing himself as “the quiet... Business 01 Jul 2020 | 05:06
Most people at a recent rally in Milford, Pa., to support the police eschewed masks (Photo by Ken Hubeny Sr.) A little scrap of fabric, a growing division Most people have by now made a mask part of their daily uniform, out of a sense of civic duty, a requirement of their job,... Local News 25 Jun 2020 | 06:10
Warwick, N.Y., schools are shedding at least nine jobs, six through attrition. Second grade teachers Lisa Ramus and Carolyn Barnes, and elementary art teacher Louise Silver are retiring. Shortchanged schools face a reckoning Louise Silver, who’s been teaching art to elementary school students in Warwick Valley Central School District for 31 years,... Local News 22 Jun 2020 | 04:36
