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Frolicking on Hudson River ice in early February near the Saugerties Lighthouse. Ask someone from Saugerties how they re doing and they tell you the truth. They re exhausted. They re tired and fed up with all the endless extra work that s yet another side effect to the pandemic s trauma. Saugerties has always been extremely proud of its community spirit. Residents seem preternaturally compelled to support each other, but to sustain the level of organizing and charitable giving necessary to keep their collective heads above water is draining. Yes, it is exhausting, says Peggy Schwartz, Chamber of Commerce co-chair, owner of Town and Country Liquors, mother-in-law of Congressman Antonio Delgado, and community matriarch. But we are existing. There is activity and we are keeping on. Saugerties is a very social town. People love to get together. Another e-word:
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Blu-ray Review – John Hughes 5-Movie Collection
Directed by John Hughes and Howard Deutch.
Starring Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Lea Thompson, Steve Martin, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern.
SYNOPSIS:
If you’re a John Hughes fan looking to scoop up some of his movies cheap, you can’t go wrong with this new five-film Blu-ray collection.
She’s Having a Baby and
Some Kind of Wonderful make their high-def debuts, and Paramount tossed in the same
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Ah,
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. A film that embodies the dream of students who just need a break from school. As it usually is in a typical John Hughes teen film, the adults in the film are a clueless and cheerless bunch. And, as usual, Hughes has the teens outsmart their older counterparts. On the surface, the story revolves around Ferris Bueller going around Chicago living his life while the school dean is chasing after him. It’s a funny duel considering the dimwitted Ed Rooney is always two steps behind Ferris.
Yet as we grow older and as taking days off is easier to do, adults begin to realize that there’s a deeper message in