Summer is nature’s gift to us “Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high.” Seems like summer is everyone’s favorite. Kids... Letters to the Editor 21 Jun 2024 | 08:50
Baseball has hidden complexity It is called America’s pastime, but there are many today who will dispute that. Football, and the NFL with its Super Bowl,... Letters to the Editor 20 Apr 2024 | 04:09
MAGA adherents want to return to principles that forged America As the entrenched propaganda wing of the left, the fake news media have done their job well. In last week’s letter by reader... Letters to the Editor 04 Mar 2024 | 06:54
MAGA proponents want to go back, not forward If you wanted a letter delivered to San Francisco in the 1800s, the Pony Express would deliver it about two months after... Letters to the Editor 23 Feb 2024 | 07:38
Remembering Martin Luther King I remember reading some time ago a quite lengthy, but informative, history of the United States. This week, I read again... Letters to the Editor 04 Jan 2024 | 05:35
Winter’s not all bad A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight, Walkin’ in a winter wonderland Winter. The unjustly maligned season. Peering through... Letters to the Editor 13 Dec 2023 | 10:30
Despite grim news, the world offers wonders The news is grim, sometimes painful. No longer is it relaxing to plop into an easy chair with the newspaper on our lap. ... Letters to the Editor 04 Nov 2023 | 03:37
Just Mom The senior citizen at ShopRite stood bemused among the racks of greeting cards filled with pithy platitudes designed to celebrate... Letters to the Editor 02 May 2023 | 12:12
Curtis is right on Second Amendment His article was timely, cogent and well-presented.... Letters to the Editor 07 Apr 2023 | 01:40
When New York was Irish The year was 1845. It was the year potatoes turned black and rotted in the ground before the horrified eyes of the Irish... Letters to the Editor 19 Mar 2023 | 09:47
A field of poppies. Memorial Day Memorial Day is traditionally considered to be the official opening of the summer season. People flock to the beaches, fire... Letters to the Editor 24 May 2022 | 11:01
From left: Cassandra Barckett of Pompton Lakes, Jake Jackson of Washington, and Julia Kadar of Sparta star in North Star Theater Company’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (Photo: Linda Kadar, North Star Theater Company) North Star Theater presents ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ on two weekends, two venues North Star Theater Company presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on two weekends and in two venues: Jan.... Entertainment 10 Jan 2022 | 03:29
Empty Sky is the official New Jersey September 11 memorial to the state's victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States. It is located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City (2017 photo by Robert G. Breese) ‘Always Remember’ the ones we lost on 9/11 Last week I attended a 9/11 memorial service at the Botanic Park in Steamboat Springs. Colorado is a long way from Lower... Letters to the Editor 19 Sep 2021 | 09:01
I admired your letter about your grandson, but you kicked a sleeping bear To the Editor: Love you, man, but be careful at whom you hurl the political gauntlet! I admired your blog about the patriotism... Letters to the Editor 03 Jul 2020 | 09:33
‘It took a long time to finish dinner’ Sparta. A reader shared this Father’s Day photo with the message: “We all look like we are not properly dressed for dinner,... Local News 03 Jul 2020 | 06:26
