I mentioned (Star 12/26/2023) the Chinese philosopher Mozi’s call (ca. 400 BCE) to follow the will of heaven to love without partiality as a human yearning. From famines due to ...

Christmas came early in Montgomery County, where a tight-knit community rallied together to make a girl's wish come true when she needed it most.

I recently encountered a most disturbing, anti-Christmas billboard. It portrayed a ghoul dressed as Santa beckoning viewers to a “slay ride.” This invitation to enter a murderous darkness to ...

A Hanukkah meal featured matzo-ball soup, shown, along with latkes with apple sauce and sour cream, smoked salmon with scallion cream cheese, Davodich bagels, salmon roe caviar, pheasant fricassee ...

Letter,” which had several scenes filmed in the Mohawk Valley, will now be showcased at a Syracuse film festival.

Each year, Mid-Ohio Valley children write letters to Santa Claus. Here are the letters that made their way to the North Pole via our newspapers. They have been reproduced as closely as possible to ...

To the editor: I can only speak for myself in this letter, but I have to share, as a school employee, that the first day back to school always feels like Christmas morning. The children are our gifts.

This Holiday Season, Vietnam Veterans of Southwest Montana were “Ringing the Bell” again for the Salvation Army at Rosauers Supermarkets.

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it the most. It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future.

A perfect Christmas blend: letters. When we blended our families through marriage more than 20 years ago, we had four kids and multiple homes and parents to try to negotiate through the holiday ...

Letter,” which had most scenes filmed in the Mohawk Valley, will now be showcased at a Syracuse film festival.