WESTFIELD – Lake Shore Center for the Arts announces it is hosting the first Western New York Writers Conference on Oct. 11 at the Art Center, 49 S. Portage St., from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The goal is to create a community for writers with educational workshops, inspirational speakers, and a ...

Maybe it’s like when you get a new car. All of a sudden you start noticing your make and model on the roads everywhere you go. On one hand, you might feel some comfort knowing that lots of other people have made the same choice. Yet another part of you might say, dang, I wanted to be special, ...

The world is ever-changing. Mental health is spiraling downward at a velocity that defies equilibrium. What happened to “Choose life”? Is it the unrelenting pace of modern life, the digital tide, the disconnection — text over touch, screens over souls? Is it the absence of stillness, ...

About 15 months ago, I wrote an article on the passing of my wife, Karen, on March 29, 2024. During this time, many people have called me, stopped me in Tops or Walmart and asked if I would ever reprint it. Also, during this period many husbands, wives and parents have expressed their pain ...

Village of South Dayton’s Depot celebrates 150 years on Saturday, Sept. 6 from noon to 3 p.m. Enjoy the 1800s by wearing your favorite old hat, bring your picnic lunch, a blanket to dine on the Village Green. Also the Firebells will have a one price hot dog, chips, and a drink available in ...

I’ll call him Ahmad. The 6-year-old boy dresses in American T-shirts or hoodies, jeans, baseball hat and sneakers, items likely donated through some charitable organization. His eyes, like dark figs in bowls of milk, glisten as he surveys the streets as a kind of playground – a place of ...