FEMA to provide assistance with funeral costs for COVID-19-related deaths Families that experienced the death of a loved one due to COVID-19 may be eligible for up to $9,000 in funeral assistance... Local News 12 Apr 2021 | 12:29
Earl C. Perritt Earl C. Perritt, 72 years of age, of Newfoundland, NJ, entered into eternal rest after a lengthy illness on Tuesday, March... Obituaries 09 Apr 2021 | 03:28
Carl Corcoran. Photo by Brendan Lyon/ImageBureau A welcome call from Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day On this past St. Patrick’s Day, many of the longtime listeners to the Frank Truatt Morning Show on WTBQ Radio (AM 1110/F... Entertainment 30 Mar 2021 | 03:05
Wendy Chandler, a radio DJ from Vernon, N.J. says that being vaccinated isn’t a “golden ticket” to drop her guard from COVID. What are your post-pandemic plans? Readers chime in After a year of loss, mask-wearing, and social distancing, it may finally be time to think about life after quarantine. With... Local News 19 Mar 2021 | 10:17
Kathleen was feverishly sewing masks at the beginning of the pandemic. Then she started sewing them for a friend’s toddler’s stuffed animals. Local nuts confess they have gone down the rabbit hole Dear Readers, A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column for this newspaper about how I’ve gone Pandemic Nuts. My evidence was... Local News 11 Mar 2021 | 02:36
From left to right: Kristee Chaplin, Dan Doyle, Toni Chaplin, and Dawn Chaplin. Meet the poster children of disc golf After this publication released a story on the rise of winter sports, we abruptly received an email from a man who said we... Local News 23 Feb 2021 | 10:11
Pledging allegiance to the truth The opening words of The American Crisis written by Thomas Paine in 1776 could easily have been written today: “These are... Letters to the Editor 16 Feb 2021 | 11:49
A Rough-legged Hawk takes flight from the very top branches of a tree along Glenwood Road in Warwick. These hawks hunt for mice and voles in the Black Dirt flatlands, the same food source consumed by the year-round Red-Tailed Hawks, American Kestrels, Northern Harriers and Short Eared Owls. The Rough-legged Hawk, whose wingspan averages 52 inches, will return back to the arctic tundra where it spends the summer capturing lemmings and tending to their cliff isle nests. Photos by Robert G. Breese. Wildlife. On the way to the Arctic tundra Local News 09 Feb 2021 | 02:33
‘History does repeat itself’ In psychology, the term projection is defined as the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal... Letters to the Editor 07 Feb 2021 | 07:34
Destruction of the USA Destruction of the USA is happening. Mr. Biden is destroying all the good work my President Donald Trump got done in less... Letters to the Editor 29 Jan 2021 | 12:36
Erin McCarthy and her daughter, Emma, who both learned how to snowboard last month at Mt. Peter in Warwick, N.Y. ‘They’re coming out in droves’: Outdoor activities offer freedom during Covid winter As temperatures drop and snow piles up, the urge to get outside this winter is stronger than ever. To get out of the house... Local News 29 Jan 2021 | 10:52
June 2013: West Point graduate home on leave with his family: From left, mother Ann Prial, his sister Brigid, U.S. Army Lt. Daniel Prial, his sister Jenny and father Greg Prial. Not available for the photo Prial’s sister Becky who is married and lives in New Paltz and his brother Terrance who works in Washington, D.C. Photo by Roger Gavan Duty, honor, country When Lt. Daniel Prial, the son of Greg and Ann Prial of Warwick, was an upper classman at U.S. Military Academy at West Point,... Local News 22 Jan 2021 | 03:07
Daniel Prial via LinkedIn. Warwick native Daniel Prial among the three National Guardsmen killed in upstate helicopter accident Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial, 30, a Warwick native and U.S. Military Academy at West Point graduate, died Wednesday... Local News 22 Jan 2021 | 02:59
Local police get FBI warning before inauguration Fallout from the recent assault on the United States Capitol continues, and local law enforcement agents have started to... Local News 15 Jan 2021 | 04:45
On Sunday, a pro-Trump crowd of a few dozen – including members of the Hudson River Valley and Pike County, Pa., “Loud Majority” groups – showed their support by having lunch at the Caffe a la Mode on Oakland Avenue in Warwick and rallying on the sidewalk outside. Brunch spot transforms into community flashpoint On Wednesday, Jan. 6, Tom Torres, co-owner of Caffe a la Mode in Warwick, made a video of himself speaking in front of the... News Alert 12 Jan 2021 | 03:27