SMACKING YOU IN THE KISSER WITH THE BUSINESS END OF COMMUNITY NEWS!!!!! Greetings, Kingstoners. In lieu of my typical community profile this week, I’ve decided to write a direct letter to my neighbor Miles Clayborne, who, I’m deeply sorry to say, has contracted a terminal illness and has about six months to live.

I AIN’T GONNA TAKE IT, SO YOU CAN TAKE IT ELSEWHERE!!!! Welcome, all, to the first installment of Darren’s Ditherings, a monthly opinion column from a proud, cranky, spunky, and dangerously unmedicated member of the Kingston community.  I’m 62, I own a computer, and my grasp on the world at large is tenuous at best.  [...]