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I am 17 years old and would like to share my experience as a minor in a county jail for eight months.

This experiment would be part of my personal plan to adopt a more planet-friendly lifestyle.

Refreshing humanity and entertainment in an afternoon with comic books.

Jerry Herman, the musical man, was more than just underrated.

It seems that everyone wants to write a children’s book, and while lots of people think they can, I beg to differ.

Everything that my granddaughter does is new, vibrant, and alive. Everything my mother-in-law does is old, frail, and confused. And I’m caught in the middle.

Moving on after the death of my father involved moving, literally towing, his riding lawn mover and all it signified.

That the reduction in nuclear capacity after the Three Mile Island disaster would keep the coal industry alive and exacerbate climate change should have been obvious.

It was with both happiness and a tinge of disappointment that I saw the go-kart my son and I built years ago drive away.

On the occasion of the late Robin Duke being honored by Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic for her work as a women’s rights advocate, her granddaughter recalls the most important lesson she imparted.

While a prostate cancer diagnosis can set off alarm bells, one of the lessons I learned is that research and knowledge will dispel many negative myths.

A good way to look at tough stretches, rough patches, and travails — as opportunities for positive change.