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Town Crier
Around Town: July 3
Happy Fourth of July! This was the date July 4, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was ratified and today America celebrates...
Life On Purpose
My hope for life: One woman’s personal story of pregnancy and motherhood
Column by Eileen Benthal: The debates over abortion are not about whether we are pregnant with human life. The debate is about when we decide this human life is a person with rights protected under the law and whose rights — the mother’s right to choose or the child’s right to life — takes precedence.
Town Crier
Around Town: June 19
Neighborhood and community news from around town with Kathy Berezny.
Life On Purpose
Learning to ‘bee patient’— an important life lesson
Beekeeping teaches the value of being patient.
Bits and Pieces
The North Fork is changing. Can ‘locals’ and ‘newcomers’ peacefully co-exist?
Reflections on coping with the clash of cultures, class and expectations, as our region booms. Column by Celia Marszal-Iannelli.
Life On Purpose
Freedom comes with responsibilities
The Lord promises the Spirit brings freedom and heaven answers our prayers with a question, “Why are you standing there looking at the sky?” Who is freedom for if not for the living?
Life On Purpose
The soothing — yes, soothing — sound of my rooster’s morning call
There are lessons to be learned in the garden and even in the backyard chicken coop. While some may not appreciate being awakened by a crowing rooster at dawn, we all can relate to the struggle of finding our own voice and speaking up for another’s good will.
Bits and Pieces
Wow, I didn’t see that coming: blindsided by betrayal
In most cases, we will experience a moment where the situation becomes clear. We may experience a flashback that is so powerful that we can see everything that was wrong. We simply didn’t want to believe it or see it.