Dispatches from around the Fourth of July of years gone by included raising a new Liberty Pole in the village in 1949 and, of course, Puff Daddy’s noisy party 50 years later.

From airplane noise to the goings-on in Accabonac Harbor, this is what’s on readers’ minds this week.

Joe Biden has dedicated his life to public service, but he cannot win this one. The debate of June 27 was a tipping point.

The Fourth of July in 1827 was the day that slavery officially ended in New York State.