May 2026 Edition
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Featured Stories
Planning for the next flood
By Art Steinhauer | Manor Ink Mentor
Livingston Manor, NY – A new New York State flood study is expected to bring long-awaited insight – and potential solutions – to communities that have faced repeated flooding over the years. The initiative …
Town water woes: boil orders, old meters
By Kara Didrich| Manor Ink
Town of Rockland, NY – Aging infrastructure, multi-million dollar replacement needs, intermittent service interruptions – these are a few of the issues that Town of Rockland officials are managing right now as …
Why COs are quitting
By Kat Slattery | Manor Ink
Town of Rockland, NY – You may know a corrections officer, but how much do you know about what goes on beyond the barbed wire? Breaking up fights, witnessing violence, overdoses and even death on a regular ...
A little shop with a big selection
By Rachel Zuckerman | Manor Ink
Roscoe, NY – Trout Town has reason to be happy with the arrival of spring. Not only has the weather warmed and the fishing season started, but because a favorite shop, long shuttered, has reopened. The Little Store ...
The problem of recyclables – repurpose or burn?
By Rachel Zuckerman | Manor Ink
Sullivan County, NY – County residents all have to deal with their trash and recycling, and landfills are a familiar concept, but many may wonder, “Where does our recycling actually go?” Do these items go in garbage …
The point of Peck’s points
By Anahi Rodriguez | Manor Ink
Livingston Manor, NY – Are your groceries starting to get expensive? Well, a Peck’s rewards card membership can help you. Starting last year with the change in ownership, the four Peck’s locations in Sullivan County ...
Firefighter helps 3 off burning roof
By Abby Olivo | Manor Ink
Roscoe, NY – On Saturday, Mar. 21, at 4:30 a.m., the Roscoe-Rockland Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire with possible entrapment. Keith Travers, the department’s second assistant chief and a 35-year …
Orange bugs on your windows? It’s spring
By Leah Staudt | Manor Ink
Often insects are not very well liked or appreciated. But one insect in particular is loved and welcomed by many people, and that’s ladybugs. A lot of people see ladybugs as cute, harmless and helpful bugs. Most of …
Work rooted in the future
By Manor Ink Staff
On a sunny Sunday morning, April 12, the banks of the Willowemoc in Roscoe came alive – not with anglers casting lines, but with neighbors, families and conservationists planting the future. More than 45 …
Motherhood and fame are often joined
By Eva Wells | Manor Ink
Mothers have played a very important role in history, from political debates to acting, but each mother loves her kids in their own way. There are so many moms I could tell you about, but I will only write about a few that …
May puzzle answers
By Ink Puzzlemaster
Stuck? Can’t figure out that one word in the Crossword? Jumbled over the letters in the Jumble? Can’t complete that last line in the Sudoku? Fear not – the Puzzlemaster’s answers are just a click away …