CELORON — Any legislative body would benefit from collectively having members with many qualities. One of them is diverse professional experience. At any given time in history, many people could fit that bill in one way or another. Here’s one for this time in history: With crime ...

My daughter’s birthday is Sept. 21. We kiddingly used to call her the “last rose of summer.” “Autumnal equinox” just doesn’t have the same ring. My garden’s last summer roses, along with the zinnias, and verbenas, are trying to hang on. But the pumpkin I bought for the front ...

In the days since the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life there were numerous calls for everyone to “cool the rhetoric.” It is interesting to note that while some of these calls to cool things came from a few Democrats virtually all the heated rhetoric ...

The way our pets enjoy nature is inspiring — bounding along the lakefront or stalking through backyard grass. As I think about making a difference in my local community and caring for the planet for my own pets and family, I’m driven to seek out sustainable actions I can take at home and at ...

The other day, on a beautiful morning, a friend and I took a boat ride under the Chautauqua Lake Bridge. There was a lot to see. A bridge is a bit like an iceberg in that there is much more of it below the road surface than above it. That means that much of the construction work is also more ...

For those of us who do not have thick skin, these are trying times. The political atmosphere is at boiling point, and many people are behaving badly. Some of the most blatant evidence of the ugliness is on display in peoples’ front yards – homemade signs that malign political figures in ...