Life in Retrograde
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL I feel like a teenager again and that is not a good thing. It began a few days ago when it snowed. I had no plan to go out; just sit with a cup of tea and a fashion magazine,...
View ArticleBlack History Month – Significant Figures in the Civil Rights Movement
BY STEVE NUBIE Their lives and their legacy defined civil rights for generations. There are many well known figures in the civil rights movement from Martin Luther King to Malcolm X. But there are many...
View ArticleSurviving Just Above the Poverty Line
BY STEVE NUBIE 46 million Americans live below poverty level. But according to new statistics from the Census Bureau, 51 million American live just above it. The startling facts beyond traditional...
View ArticleWhat’s Bugging Me
BY BETH PORTOLESE Well this is my first ‘Bugging Me’ for 2016. It’s hard to believe I could wait so long considering everything that has been going on. I started off the New Year by receiving my...
View ArticleDues? Millennials Don’t Have To Pay No Stinkin’ Dues!
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL Boy, do I feel silly. Who knew that working at an entry-level job that is beneath one with a college degree merited outrage. Recently, this was evidenced by Talia Jane. The...
View ArticleBunny Buddies
By NINA MALKIN Most folks associate Easter with egg hunts, baked ham and spring flowers. But Judith Pierce and Patricia Mulcahy cannot help but view the coming season with trepidation. Co-managers of...
View ArticleThe History and Tradition of April Fools Day….Really
BY STEVE NUBIE It’s all about practical jokes and pranks but also a bit of history. There are numerous theories about the origin of April Fool’s Day. The most common occurrence is related to Pope...
View ArticleNote From the Publisher
BY BETH PORTOLESE It's April! I hope you don't get surprised on April Fool's day. We are featuring an article today about the history of April Fool's Day. I've always wondered how this day got started...
View ArticleWhy Do We Keep Falling For Scams?
BY ELISABETH DANIELS You get a call saying you’ve won a new car. All you have to do is pay a small processing fee. (Sweepstakes Scam). The IRS sends you an urgent email, saying you owe back taxes. To...
View ArticleWhere Were You in ’82?
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL I wanted to cry, and at one point I did a little bit as I watched CNN. No the channel wasn't showing coverage of an ISIS bombing somewhere in the world or the latest juvenile...
View ArticleThe Rear View Mirror
BY EMILY RUIZ Every Saturday afternoon, he would honk the horn and we would run downstairs. There he was in his big brown Cadillac with his wife in the front seat. The four of us would sit in the back...
View ArticleChasing Silence: Can You Hear Me Now?
BY JILL MATLOW Do you love music as much as I do? I bet you do! If I added up all the money I spent on cassettes, 8-track tapes, 45s, albums, CDs and live concerts over the last few decades, I probably...
View ArticleThe Past is Prologue
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL Last Saturday, I went back to the Bronx for my 40th High School Reunion. Yes, I went willingly, not being one of those people who gets the invitation and freaks out: No I can't...
View ArticleNote From The Publisher
BY BETH PORTOLESE Well I think Spring is finally here. I thought so last month but then we had temperatures in the 40s in NYC. A lot of the country, including my hometown Massena, even had snow in...
View ArticleWhere She Leads, I’ll Follow
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL My Sunday nights just got better now that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has returned in HBO’s 'Veep.' Last season ended on election night, with President Selina Meyer (Louis-Dreyfus)...
View ArticleMy Late Mother’s Library
BY DON PORTOLESE One of the many tender memories I have of my late mother was seeing her poised on the edge of the couch in our living room with one of the many tomes she read every evening. Regardless...
View ArticleA Tribute To Diane Lockhart
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL The confidence. The professionalism. The statement necklaces. Diane Lockhart had it all. The Good Wife may have centered around Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), but Diane...
View ArticleNote From the Publisher
BY BETH PORTOLESE Hello and Happy June. Well summer and the warm weather is definitely here. One day the temperature was in the 60s in New York and the next day it was in the 80s! I think we missed...
View ArticleYou Only Live Twice
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL Last week, on June 1st, 2016, Marilyn Monroe would have been 90. Idolized as well as parodied and impersonated, the sex symbol, who died at 36 in 1962, went through life as two...
View ArticleLast Minute Father’s Day Gifts
BY SUSAN HORNIK He works hard and plays hard, allow him to have comfort while doing so. This Father’s Day give him apparel from American Made Supply Co. This present is perfect for summer and fits...
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