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In Memoriam: Helen W. Gannon

Mrs. Helen W. Gannon, 85, passed away on August 25, 2025 in hospice care at Medina Memorial Hospital in Medina. A devoted nurse, loving mother and grandmother, and lifelong volunteer, Helen’s life was marked by compassion, dedication, and deep love for family and friends.…
September 2, 2025
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Life Sketches: A Sky View of Dad

“Now, don’t ya be touching that crank,” my father warned. “Last time it rained I had a flood.” He was referring to the handle that operated the Sky View window in the roof. It was somebody in Detroit’s brainstorm—people riding in the city cab would be able to see the tops of skyscrapers. Dad viewed the innovation as a leaky nuisance, a target for pigeons.…
July 10, 2025

BERKSON: Bunnies Don’t Crow

Column by Terry Berkson Bunnies Don’t Crow One Easter, when I was about nine years old, I bought six peeping chicks from the pet shop around the corner and secreted them under a 100-watt bulb in a cardboard box in the cellar. “They’ll bring rats!” my aunt Edna shouted when she discovered them on a trip to the washing machine. Aunt Edna did most of the housekeeping and was always against bringing in any pets. I begged her to let…
May 5, 2022
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Opinion by Patricia Kennedy: We’re more than a nice place to visit

Opinion by Patricia Kennedy We’re more than a nice place to visit I recently returned from a much- anticipated vacation with my family. In the weeks and days leading to this vacation, it seemed as if all I could think about was how good it would be to get away—from the house I spent a year living AND working in. From the office I’ve become reacquainted with in the last six months. From vaccination reports, retention reports, vacancy reports, and…
October 28, 2021
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BERKSON: Letting go of the past is a challenge at any age

Life Sketches Letting go of the past is a challenge at any age My son Jonathan called me the other night to tell me he missed the old house in Brooklyn. He had lived there his whole life, as I did mine, except for the Army and my longest winter in Richfield Springs. I told him I missed the house, too, and described my last days there. We had sold to a builder, so I knew the old Victorian was…
August 5, 2021
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LIMITI: Upstate life intrigues newcomer to region

Upstate life intrigues newcomer to region I graduated from CUNY Brooklyn just as the coronavirus pandemic was starting. After spending a year stringing for local Brooklyn publications and covering Black Lives Matter protests, I was ready to embrace a different lifestyle when I was offered a position as staff reporter for the Freeman’s Journal. I’m not a sentimental person when it comes to where I live. I lived for three years in Flatbush Brooklyn, which was neither hipster nor trendy.…
June 24, 2021
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John L. Tschupp, 76; Introduced To Elks While In Oneonta

IN MEMORIAM:  John L. Tschupp, 76; Introduced To Elks While In Oneonta ONEONTA – John L. Tschupp, 76, who joined the Elks while in Oneonta and continued to enjoy lodge membership in Queens and Rockland, Maine, passed away Saturday Feb. 23, 2019, in Chestnut Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, after a brief illness. He was born March 25, 1942, in Brooklyn, the son of the late Charles and Mary B. (Cronin) Tschupp. He attended Manhattan College.…
March 8, 2019