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Commentary

State’s green scheme puts us in a box

Are New York state voters waking up to the looming disaster caused by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) of 2019, which eliminated nuclear and fossil fuel based electricity by 2040? Not yet, apparently. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who killed nuclear power in New ...

Power-hungry Trump left trail of damage

Francis Bellamy first penned it in 1892. In my years as a student, I learned it and recited it approximately 2,000 times. In my 34 years as a history teacher at Lake Shore Central, I started the day with my classroom students saying it over 6,000 times. Meetings, sporting events that I ...

Caregivers worthy of being respected

CHAUTAUQUA — “Wine, Women, and Dementia” is an unusually catchy title for a film and an organization with an important mission. But first a word about those behind the film from Wine, Women, and Dementia’s website. Producer Beth Rigazio has been a respite caregiver for a friend’s ...

Troubles at home can be horrors at schools

As someone concerned about the state of our society I did reading on the causes of school shootings and came away with the feeling that no one on either side of the political spectrum really knows what is causing it or how to stop it. We do have a good record of making our school’s into ...

Laughter is the music of large families

Large families always made me jealous. I felt that I was on the outside, looking in. I was a happy only child, but life was quiet. Those laughing clusters of brothers and sisters looked like so much fun. Warm and cozy. Just recently I chatted with two friends who grew up in large families. At ...

Reflecting on a birthday milestone

My mother always reminded me that I was born on a lucky number — 11. Sept. 11, 1942. And for a very long time I thought she was right. But since that fateful day in 2001, I am reticent to mention, much less observe, my birthday. Over the past few years when I visit doctors’ offices, and ...