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Students share ‘kindness’ on Better World Day
BROCTON — Classrooms were empty but learning was in full force on May 1 as students from Brocton Middle and High School took part in the district’s inaugural Better World Day, a day dedicated to service, community engagement, and real-world learning. Students in grades six through 12 ...
Feeling hurt by family betrayal
Dear Annie: My sister moved in with our parents in the family home. After my mother sadly passed away, my father and sister continued living there together. Over time, my sister seemed to take over the running of the household. She even had the telephone disconnected, and there were other ...
To Your Good Health
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 61-year-old retired African-American woman. This past week, I just had a Pap smear (I hadn’t had one since 2021) and was told that it was positive for human papillomavirus (HPV). I’m upset because I was celibate from 2021-2024, and then in January 2024, I got married to my current husband, who lives in Africa. I was there for a week, and we honeymooned and consummated our marriage. I came back home and have since been monogamous. This week, I found out that I have HPV. What can I do? Will the vaccine help? I’ll be going back to Africa later this year to be ...
Knicks complete sweep of 76ers
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, tying the NBA postseason record with 25 3-pointers in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 on Sunday to sweep the ...
Prescription drug isn’t answer to bad decisions
The abortion issue won't go away, as so many politicians wish it would. It persists because the discussion and debate are about our very existence. What is life? The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape in the United States since 1973. That landscape defined a right to abortion protected by the U.S. Constitution. Dobbs reversed this, concluding that the Constitution contains no such right, directing that the issue be "returned back to the people and their elected ...