Sunday Lifestyles

Village keeps attacking free speech

On Monday, April 27, Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson had me unjustly removed from the Village Board meeting by a Fredonia police officer for insisting to speak about an agenda item during the first public comment session of that meeting. The mayor had neither cause nor the authority to have me removed from this meeting. I left that meeting willingly out of respect for one of Fredonia’s Finest, who was visibly uncomfortable with the position that he had been put in by the mayor. According to the board’s own resolution, village residents are allowed to speak about agenda items during ...

Visionary tool adds perspective

Eyes are windows to the soul, or so they say. It’s a lovely metaphor. Certainly eyes are the most beautiful part of our anatomy, our most luminous, mystical, and expressive features. Eyes speak to us more deeply and with more nuance than tongues or pens or swords. The full range of human emotions can be communicated through the eyes – confidence, vulnerability, joy, sadness, excitement, ennui, urgency, calm, truth, and even lies are expressed through those little orbs that adorn our faces. Eyes serve to connect us, or at least have the capacity to do so. They are mirrors, ...

Little Mice by Caleb Spell

‘Future physician’ to receive Lanford award

Acquiring experience in medical care was the right prescription for Julia T. Skiba to receive the State University of New York at Fredonia’s highest academic honor. The senior Molecular Genetics major from Troy, will receive the Lanford Presidential Prize at the university’s 199th ...

Healing with Horses: Learning while homeschooling, riding

Imagine a classroom without walls—where the lessons are shaped not only by books, but by hoofbeats, fresh air, and the quiet understanding between a child and a horse. For a growing number of families, homeschooling offers that possibility: an education guided by curiosity, flexibility, and hands-on experience. The idea can feel both inspiring and daunting. To take full responsibility for a child’s education requires time, intention, and a willingness to step outside conventional paths. Some parents embrace it wholeheartedly, crafting rich, experiential learning environments. ...

Spring is the season for nature’s babies

The sunshine and blue skies outside my window are doing their best to remind me that it is currently spring, despite the bouts of cold and snow this past weekend. Though the weather is inconsistent, the natural world continues to forge on and do its best to bring about what spring is known ...