New York State should require large facilities that regularly throw out quantities of food to give it to food banks instead. 

Humans have great hubris. The wilderness that our pioneer ancestors tamed now has to be re-invented and protected.

As the Army Corps of  Engineers closes out a former burn-pit area at the now-defunct Army depot, a system must be put in place so that future generations know of potential hazards to human health.

The suicide of a local boy, and his family’s courage to fight for change so that mental-health services are covered by insurance, should serve to inspire us as a nation.