1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (423+ words) Mary E. Dardess Elementary School in Chatham. CHATHAM" The Chatham Central School District Board of Education adopted a $34. 7 million budget with a 1. 75% tax increase for the 2026-27 school year at its April 14 meeting. The budget represents a $1. 15 million, or 3. 17% increase in spending…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (667+ words) "The Ice on the Lake," by Alex Messenger. (Blackstone Publishing/TNS) Many readers will recall the 2021 day when a Duluth, Minnesota, team came to the rescue of 26 anglers stranded on an ice floe that broke off in Lake Superior. Alex…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (175+ words) You'd think by now people would learn. You'd think they'd use some common sense, or at least exercise self preservation. But each winter, dozens of hikers have to be rescued from rural mountain areas in the Catskills and Adirondacks because…...