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Record turnout for midterms

The buildup to midterm elections have finally come to an end with a historic turnout of young voters in addition to the Democrats taking the House of Representatives and Republicans keeping control of the Senate. For the past month or...

Op-ed: The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the Jewish soul

The killing of 11 Jews in Pittsburgh during a Shabbat, or Sabbath, service recently may have shocked the nation. It did not shock most Jews. Anti-Semitism goes back thousands of years. During the days of the Roman Empire, there...

Editorial: Don’t forget SA elections

Millions of Americans answered the call to vote this past Tuesday for midterm elections, resulting in 49 percent of eligible voters, or 113 million people, showing up to the polls — the highest voter turnout since 1966 according to...

The importance of evacuation procedures

Safety and evacuation procedures should be a mandatory requirement for all businesses, organizations and even normal households. Without a plan in place for an emergency, everyone involved is at serious risk of injury or death. An emergency is a serious,...

Review: ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’

My Saturday mornings in middle school were spent watching 90s sitcoms on ABC Family. “Boy Meets World,” “Full House” and “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.” Out of them all, Sabrina was always my favorite. Sabrina Spellman’s powers as a witch made...

Midterms Near

Presidential elections are important. They are elections countries pay attention to. They decide who the leaders of countries are. We are taught from an early age the importance of having a president and what his or her powers mean. That...

Strand Center revives ‘20s classic with a twist

It was an evening for those who love the arts. Plattsburgh’s Strand Center Theatre offered guests a unique experience Saturday with the presentation of Lon Chaney’s 1925 silent film “The Phantom of the Opera” with the live accompaniment of an...

Don’t change for others

When I was a little middle school girl, I always felt the need to get all the love and approval from everyone around me. That means I always had to show my happiest face, go with the flow and...

One-and-done is not dead yet; let’s kill it

A new program in the NBA’s minor league, the G-League, will offer one-year contracts worth $125,000 to elite basketball prospects who skip college altogether. The program, announced Oct. 18, is the latest effort to resolve a situation that the NCAA,...

Khashoggi highlighted threat to press

When I was 10, I remembered watching the evening news one night on CBS with my family when correspondent Kimberly Dozier was seriously wounded by a car bomb on camera in the middle of reporting. Members of her crew...
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