Alright, folks — it’s time to get thankful. Seriously, we know this COVID-19 pandemic stinks, and so does our deep political divide. This chilly, wet, dim November weather can drag one’s mood down pretty low. And each of us has our own personal reasons to feel down and out: Maybe ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Do you think Donald Trump’s claims that the election was stolen from him by widespread fraud have merit? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

It’s one thing for New York state to withhold or cut aid to schools in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every school should have been expecting the state to take action as it wrestles with a multi-billion-dollar deficit — and, to their credit, many schools took preemptive action. But ...

VALLEY — “Now is the winter of our discontent” — that opening line of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” applies well to our current COVID-19 situation. People here, on the whole, have done well about wearing masks and social distancing, and as a result of that (at least we like ...

American presidents need to hit the ground running, especially when it comes to national security. We have too many enemies in the world to let our guard down for even a few hours. President Donald Trump continues to challenge results of the Nov. 3 election through court challenges. It does ...

Thankfully, we have learned — at the cost of tens of thousands of possibly preventable deaths — that COVID-19 finds nursing homes to be good hunting grounds. All of Essex County’s 16 COVID deaths (including one who went home to Clinton County before dying) were related to the Essex ...