There have been a lot of changes in the funding priorities of our federal government during the past six months. As a result, more and more responsibilities will be moved back to the states and local governments, if they haven’t already been, and many funds already allocated to some local ...
Without question, the OBSERVER’s View, published (Aug. 16-17), is a classic example of muddled writing. As a journalism teacher and high school student newspaper adviser for more than 40 years, I often challenged students to read carefully and seek the truth when we know adult writers ...
GENESEO—No one could have reasonably anticipated that at 5 p.m. on summer of 2025 Fridays, supporters of Rev. Jason McGuire would gather with him near the Livingston County jail entrance just before his surrender for weekend-long incarceration. Yet that’s what has ...
WESTFIELD — Shortly after celebrating the birth of her fourth child, Becky Shioleno learned her life would be undergoing another major change. As a licensed practical nurse, she has worked at the Westfield Absolut location at 26 Cass St. for 13 years. Come Oct. 20, Shioleno will be one of ...
Injecting politics into the redistricting process — a process already governed by politics — is unfortunate but ultimately harms no one but politicians. It’s irksome when Texas Republicans and New York and California Democrats play shenanigans with congressional district lines because of ...
Beginning in 2001, I took three writing classes each summer at Chautauqua – for five years. I gradually learned my way around campus absorbing the babbling fountains, magnificent gardens, and snatches of symphony rehearsals. I dreamed of spending a week there. My dearest friend, Ginger, ...