My step-daughter is visiting. She has come east from Marina del Rey, California for a week with us and to attend a family wedding in North Carolina. She was really looking forward to spending some uninterrupted time here, in Warren, Pa. I never knew Valerie until about twenty years ago and ...

I have been back reading U.S. Grant’s Memoirs of the Civil War. It is probably the third or fourth time, and each time I find new “nuggets” of what made this man “tick.” President Lincoln worked with a lot of Generals during the war. Most of them could recognize risk, but many of ...

By KAREN ENGSTROM There are numerous well-meaning organizations working to protect Chautauqua Lake and the watersheds in the county. Many studies have been conducted to assess problems and provide solutions. One conclusion they all agree on is that any type of pollution entering the water ...

There has been lively discussion of Global Warming. There are people who do not believe it is real. I wonder, “Are we on the same planet?” They don’t believe there are wildfires in the West. If you go to your computer and type in wildfires in the west from August, you will see a map ...

I am the current president of the Ripley Central School Board of Education, and I am beginning my 12th year serving on this board. Ripley’s Board of Education had a recent meeting since you published the article “Ripley No. 7 in state spending per student.” (July 6-7). I think the ...

CHAUTAUQUA—As Paul Mauro looks beyond America’s borders he cites four countries nipping at America’s heels. One of them is Iran. A second is Russia with its ransomware. A third is China with its synthetic drugs. A fourth is El Salvador with its gangs. Mauro—the Aug. 12 guest of ...