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Sandy Capponcelli

Nothing like a newspaper

RE: “Something missing in our news” [Viewpoint, Aug. 15]:

There is something about sitting down with a newspaper. Pulling the sections apart and piling them in order to be read. Rustling the paper and reading about foreign affairs or local news over a cup of tea.

I may have my websites in which I seek out news, but I still buy newspapers. There is just something tangible about holding the news in your hands.

There is nothing like it and never will be.

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Amazing birds by any name

RE: “A buzzard is a buteo, not a vulture,” [Tails of Birding, April 11.] I am not a birder, but I enjoy birds. I have always called these birds turkey vultures. I suppose I like the word “vulture”; it seems dark and wonderful. I am a fan of these...

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