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Something smells funny at Sugar Hill in Portland

Something doesn’t smell right in the Town of Portland, and it isn’t coming from the grape vineyards. Apparently, someone wants to build an artificial intelligence data center on 44 acres of Lake Erie waterfront property at the former Sugar Hill Golf Course. And the Portland Town Board, in what appears to be a remarkable display of enthusiasm for a project nobody seems to know much about, voted unanimously to express its general approval. My first question isn’t even about the company behind the proposal. It’s about the idea itself. Who looks at Portland, with Lake Erie ...

Golden days of Dunkirk are long lost

I am looking at all of Dunkirk’s problems, including the current mayor and her support staff, the Democratic leadership, and the deep despair of a city that appears to have lost its way. I grew up in a community surrounded by neighborhoods and churches, corner stores, a thriving downtown, and factories that provided blue-collar families with jobs and hope for the future. Today, I see a city struggling with desperation and decline. The delicate fabric of our community is being erased and forgotten. Neighborhoods where scores of children once played outside, participated in playground ...

State’s current path is familiar — and crippling

We do not need a crystal ball to see the future of New York state if things don’t change soon. Merely observe what has happened in places with similar policies. England is a Leftist economic disaster, and so is France, but let’s look at Germany. Germany was Europe’s industrial heartland. It was a world leader in technology and engineering. It anchored the European economy since World War II. But Germany is now crippled by a bloated and self-defeating Welfare State and irrational Green Energy policies. Their industry is leaving, their economy is retracting, and young Germans ...

State’s current path is familiar — and crippling

We do not need a crystal ball to see the future of New York state if things don’t change soon. Merely observe what has happened in places with similar policies. England is a Leftist economic disaster, and so is France, but let’s look at Germany. Germany was Europe’s industrial heartland. It was a world leader in technology and engineering. It anchored the European economy since World War II. But Germany is now crippled by a bloated and self-defeating Welfare State and irrational Green Energy policies. Their industry is leaving, their economy is retracting, and young Germans ...

Worth visit to Adams, Jefferson homes

CHAUTAUQUA—In part because of all of the history that fills Boston, it’s a fun American city to visit. If you’re there from April through September, a baseball game at Fenway Park is also good to attend, unless perhaps you’re a fan of a rival of the Boston Red Sox. A short distance south of Boston is Quincy, Mass. It’s far enough away from Boston not to feel like a big city, but close enough to be reachable via what in Boston is called “The T,” which is short for MBTA, which is short for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which runs the public-transportation ...

The mice, St. David, and the knobs

The story begins with a cat and a stove. Our Maine Coon, Finian, used to camp in front of the stove at night. It took me a while to realize he was on sentry duty. It was a particularly winter behavior. Although I never actively look for signs of a mouse resident, it finally occurred to me that ...