ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Tompkins Financial Corp. (TMP) on Friday reported net income of $21.5 million in its second quarter. The bank, based in Ithaca, New York, said it had earnings ...

Dear Eric: For the past couple of years, illness has kept me from organizing and participating in activities I used to enjoy. And I was right. No one thinks to include me very often anymore.

Asking Eric: After illness, social butterfly feels left out Letter writer used to be the center of the social scene – until illness took her out the game, and her friends moved on.

Dear Eric: I am a middle-aged woman, who, for most of her life was the center of the social scene. I entertained in my home, organized outings and helped my friends out whenever I could. A lot of ...

The pressure I put on her to look pretty only made her terribly insecure; 40 years later ... she think's she's so ugly that she might as well give up.

Asking Eric: Mother worries that her past traumas caused daughter’s body image issues ‘I have had to have nearly 20 more surgeries, two that literally saved my life.’ ...

Asking Eric: How do I fix this neighbor problem without coming off as a Karen? I’m afraid the building management will just scoff at me and do nothing ...

Dear Eric: I live in a fairly upscale apartment building of a few hundred units located in a fairly upscale part of a city. It’s quite a nice, new building and I enjoy living there. But one ...

Advice Asking Eric: My daughter is convinced she’s unattractive and it breaks my heart Published: Jul. 12, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

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In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is nervous about being the executor for their elderly parents.

Advice Asking Eric: Mother worries that her past traumas caused daughter’s body image issues Published: Jul. 12, 2025, 6:00 a.m.