The featured letter to the editor Sunday mentioning Leonard Whitegon brought me a chuckle. He was the principal at Park View Elementary school back in 1960. My 6th grade teacher (Mrs. Hollingsworth) ...

A long time ago, when I was unemployed and sitting on a cold bench in Washington Square Park, I overheard a conversation between two men. Obviously acquaintances, they spoke loud enough for others to ...

Re: the Sept. 11 letter "Voter memory loss." The writer wants us to remember “the changes forced on the voters for their own good as defined by the government”. I guess he doesn’t realize that ...

Memory molds us into who we are. Whether we consciously acknowledge the depth of memory’s involvement in our lives and the consequential results it has on our choices or let memory take a more ...

I wish this incredibly sad and lingering disease didn’t exist. But the reality is sobering: About 10% of Americans aged 65 and older have dementia, while an additional 22% have mild cognitive ...

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