When political ambition eclipses moral character, everyone loses Originally published on Candor & Conviction on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. There’s such an abundance of discord and discontent, chaos and catastrophe…
Editorial Writing
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Here you’ll find work from my 30-plus-year career as an award-winning journalist. I spent 20 of those years as the editor of The Millerton News, among the longest-running local weeklies in New York’s Hudson Valley. These days I’m writing for Main Street Magazine, online at mainstreetmag.com.
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PHOTO BY WHITNEY JOSEPH Thanksgiving and Best streets in Port St. Lucie keep drivers in the holiday mood yearlong. As a relative newcomer to Port St. Lucie, I’ve come to…
This is an op ed piece. In it Whitney discusses the topic of stressful triggers, primarily divorce and moving. She then shares her personal life experiences in dealing with these…
Welcome, readers, to 2024, and welcome back to my still-new column here at Port St. LucieMagazine. As some readers may hopefully remember from the Fall 2023 issue, I movedhere in…
As the name of this column suggests, I am new in town. I moved here in mid-June with my partner and our faithful dog, Bailey. So far, we are loving…
EDITORIAL, THE MILLERTON NEWS, PAGE B4, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021 Rarely do we report on a story that pulls at the heartstrings and then have the pleasure of following up…