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FRONT PAGES | The demise of Osama bin Laden
Newspapers (or at least those whose press deadlines weren’t extended to accommodate the news) across the land heralded the news in Monday’s editions that a U.S. Navy SEAL-led strike team killed Osama...
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UPDATE | Back in the saddle
We’re nearing the completion of the renovation of our guest bathroom, one of the many distractions that’s kept me away from regular blogging here. I’ve been quiet for too long. It’s been a busy year....
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COCKTAILS | Rob Roy rallies
We had a couple of Rob Roys last night to warm ourselves from the damp chill that’s been hanging over Cheever Country this week. The glasses are old Waterford coupes we scooped up at a junk shop in...
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TRAILER |“Downton Abbey,” Season 2
Hap tip to Will Briganti, who passed along this trailer for the second season of “Downton Abbey” earlier today. “Downton,” which you may have seen on PBS earlier this spring, chronicles the fictional...
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ESSAY | My Sept. 11
I wrote the following thinking I’d submit it to The Hill News, but I ultimately decided against it. My readers here may enjoy it: By Ed Forbes ’02 St. Lawrence is not really fully in gear, in my...
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ARCHITECTURE | Exploring Don Hisaka
The Owen D. Young Library at St. Lawrence University. The main wing, designed by Don Hisaka, was completed in 1980. More than 30 years after it opened, the Owen D. Young Library at St. Lawrence...
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DEBATE | Baldwin and Buckley, 1965
Waiting for Mrs. F. to get home last night, I had a drink and watched Martin Scorsese’s “Public Speaking,” a documentary on noted New York wit Fran Lebowitz. Another Morris County native, Lebowitz...
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HUNTING | The Reynolds Clan’s fall campaign begins
Brooks, Steve and Finn have begun their fall campaign. Here, they display a take of ducks. Fall is a holy time of year for the Reynolds family. Steve, Brooks and Finn — and soon, we hope, Thomas —...
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ART | Sorting out an heirloom by Arthur Parton
This oil by Arthur Parton has been in my mother’s family for 80 years or so. Though they aren’t serious about it any way, shape or form, my parents have amassed a nice little collection of art that...
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