We’ve been complacent.

We thought everybody knew how important a free press was to our world and that all this talk about us being the enemy of the people would be dismissed for the silliness that it is.

But the reckless attacks have continued, instigated and encouraged by our president. 

Help needed purchasing school supplies this fall

From Aug. 1 to 30, Ancramdale Neighbors Helping Neighbors Association (ANHNA) will collect school supplies at two locations:

Ancram — please leave school supplies at Ancram Town Hall with Monica Cleveland, town clerk, only during her office hours on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

Helping Hands. It’s a fitting name for the new charity knitting and crocheting group headquartered out of the NorthEast-Millerton Library. 

Its purpose is simple: knit and crochet as many items as possible to donate to charity. All the while, enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow knitters. What a lovely idea.

We live in a Lyme disease hot spot. Ticks are as prevalent in the Hudson Valley as they are anywhere else in the world, with Lyme disease being “the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere,” according to www.sciencemag.org. Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses plague those living and visiting this beautiful neck of the woods — and there have long been efforts to stave off its deleterious impact on the region and its inhabitants.