The Old Coot is a ‘read-dozer’
By Merlin Lessler — I have acquired a new pastime. I call it “read-dozing.” I’m a reader, primarily books and newspapers. I’m also a napper….
Editorial
‘We’ll take it from here’; Longtime OFD member, veteran, and friend remembered
By Wendy Post — We all have them, heroes in our lives. It was 2001, 9/11 to be exact, when the World Trade Center and…
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
By Amy Swindler, Counselor/ Advocate, A New Hope Center — “She’s not abusing me when she hits me; it’s just how we mess around,” a…
Stray Haven Pet of the Week for the week of February 16
Stray Haven would like to introduce Genesis, available for adoption through Stray Haven Humane Society in Waverly. He is a bit shy at first, but…
A guiding light to renew lives
By JoAnn R. Walter — The staff at Renewal Ranch, located at 28 Main St. in Owego, N.Y., have reason to feel a sense of…
Candor’s Community-Wide Children’s Clothes Closet
By Carol A. Henry — Candor’s Children’s Clothes Closet, located in Candor’s old Coal Barn, has been in operation for the past year and continues…
Ice continues in the forecast
— Executive Order In Place To Facilitate Emergency Salt Deliveries — Governor Kathy Hochul today provided an update on winter weather conditions across the State and…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: Christians of Heroic Hope
Fr. Jim Muscatella, Blessed Trinity/St. Patrick Parishes — A young Irish priest once found himself being sent on a mission to the balmy islands of…
Ice Bowl presents check to TCRM
Organizers of the recent Ice Bowl, held at the Campville Commons, presented a check to Tioga County Rural Ministry, representing their donation from this annual…
Collector Car/Cars We Remember; Fraudulent collector cars? You bet, and it’s a growing concern
By Greg Zyla — I received two letters recently dealing with numbers matching collector cars versus ‘fake’ collector cars that include tribute and clone cars…