Laura Havrilla leads singing of the National Anthem ( Photo by Ann Genader) Living veterans are honored on Veterans Day Threatening rain showers held off just long enough for people to gather at Veterans Park for the annual Nov. 11 Veterans... Local News 16 Nov 2022 | 09:51
Photos by Daria Bonomini ‘The Great Day’: Add Ukrainian Easter traditions to your holiday Easter, or Velykden (“The Great Day”), is celebrated in Ukraine with an array of traditions. Easter in Ukraine follows the... Local News 05 Apr 2022 | 12:04
David Braen addresses the audience at the Eagle Scout ceremony. Energetic WM scout becomes Eagle Scout Just a few weeks ago, friends, family and fellow Scouts gathered to celebrate David Braen of West Milford for his advancement... Home 27 Mar 2022 | 12:12
Amber Vitoulis and the impressive sash of badges she’s collected along the years. (Photo provided) Don’t worry, they’ve got Thin Mints: Supply chain shortages hit the Girl Scouts It’s finally March, and you know that that means. No, I don’t mean March Madness or Saint Patrick’s Day. Ladies and gentlemen,... Local News 16 Mar 2022 | 11:51
New book explains Kiryas Joel as product of Jewish history and American politics Since 2003, David Myers, an authority in Jewish history at UCLA, has visited the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel dozens of... Local News 16 Feb 2022 | 11:11
Carl Corcoran at the memorial to the Rev. Mychal Judge OFM, chaplin to the FDNY and son of immigrants, at the priest’s ancestral home in Ireland. Judge was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. ‘In the face of unfathomable loss, we rose as one’ I was home from America barely two years when the world changed, on that sunny Autumnal morning (afternoon Irish time). We... Columns 27 Aug 2021 | 12:13
The Problem Solvers Caucus is a bipartisan group in Congress comprised of 58 members – equally divided between Democrats and Republicans – committed to forging bipartisan cooperation on key issues. Problem Solvers Caucus applauds U.S. Senate’s bipartisan infrastucture legislation Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) released the following statement regarding... Letters to the Editor 29 Jul 2021 | 10:33
1908 Ford Model T. Source: Wikipedia They made America I am the co-author of “They Made America From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators” and a... Letters to the Editor 13 Jul 2021 | 01:55
‘The Democrats are using this legislation to make sure ... they can grab and hold on to power for good, and people are falling for it’ While some may use the blocking of H.R. 1, the so-called For the People Act, which would be better described as the Democrat... Letters to the Editor 05 Jul 2021 | 01:14
‘I can no longer be neutral’ I did not always feel strongly about eliminating the filibuster, the Senate rule which requires 60 votes to advance legislation... Letters to the Editor 28 Jun 2021 | 07:02
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
Finding ‘strategies that give us common ground’ The Citizens Campaign has unveiled an online citizen leadership course introducing the art of No-Blame Problem Solving. Local News 04 Mar 2021 | 10:54
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
Mehrsa Baradaran was 9 years old when she was admitted to the United States as a refugee from Iran. This photo is from her Visa. She and her family were permitted to leave Iran in 1986 and immigrate to the United States. Mehrsa didn’t speak a word of English when she arrived - Farsi was her first language - but quickly picked up it up with the help of television in America. Provided photos. An immigrant’s story Mehrsa Baradaran, a refuge from Iran who found a welcome in Goshen, has been tapped to advise President-Elect Joe Biden’s... News 29 Nov 2020 | 03:55
Civics. Ten community colleges to be selected to host Model Citizen Leadership Centers The Citizens Campaign has announced that the application period is now open for community colleges which would like to be... Local News 24 Nov 2020 | 01:08
