We published a special Comments to the Catch edition last week, covering only the Red Hook Boat Club eminent domain issue. This week's edition covers any further comments on those articles and all other comments posted from April 21 to May 5. Letter to the Editor: Unlike Robert McKeon and the Red Hook Town Board, at least Donald Trump has given us his reasons for wanting Greenland. The same cannot be said about McKeon and his plans for the Red Hook Boat Club. The citizens of the Town, the Club's neighbors in Barrytown, and most of all the members...

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Come mid-June, local farm stands will be bursting with tomatoes—red, orange, green, and gold—stacked high in crates and baskets, ready to be sliced, sauced, stewed or chopped. But before there can be a tomato, there is a seed. Our series, Seed to Sale, follows the journey of a single tomato seed from the moment it was planted at Migliorelli Farm to the minute it reaches a buyer’s hands – and maybe, even, to the hour it reaches a soup, salad, or sauce. In Part III of our series, the seedlings leave the warmth of the greenhouse and head for the...

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Joyce Pauline Pike, age 84 of Milan, died on April 24, 2025. She was born on August 13, 1940, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Joyce graduated from Broad Ripple High School, attended the University of Colorado and Ball State Teachers College, and received a master’s degree in education from the University of Northern Colorado. Joyce taught secondary and middle school in Colorado and Minnesota; worked with adults to pass their GED requirements; and taught English as a Second Language to immigrants and trained adult tutors of ESL. Joyce wrote “Experiencing Mathematics to Work,” a curriculum for mentally handicapped adults, and attended the...

https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/joyce-pauline-pike-educator-and-beloved-aunt-dies-at-84/