At Centaur Stride, field trips are an extension of learning, and a doorway to confidence, regulation and growth. School introduces students to a range of subjects, experiences, and environments, allowing them to discover what truly engages and motivates them. This is the foundation of a ...
A good buddy of mine tried to use the recent cold snap to make a claim that global warming is a liberal hoax. He got annoyed with me when I pointed out that the data showing that the Earth is warming is based on many numerical averages taken from around the world. You can’t make a conclusion based on a very small data set. All it takes is a few weeks of hot summer weather to offset the effect that frigid winter temperatures might have on the average temperature of the earth. No one really likes to be fact checked. But I learned early in my teaching career that I was going to ...
It is firmly winter right now, and we can all feel it. The temperature is chilly, sometimes dipping into the negatives, with cold winds and plenty of snow. Living in western New York, you get used to dealing with winter, whether it’s shoveling snow or bundling up to go outside and run ...
We who live happily in the north county in 2026 may not realize that many of our ancestors were not welcome here. As trains full of immigrants began arriving in Dunkirk in the early 1850s, a new Fredonia newspaper called The Advertiser published long, front-page stories, which protested the ...
Last month, the Chautauqua County American Legion honored one of its own. James Lemanski of Dunkirk American Legion Post 62 was honored with the Legionnaire of the year award at the monthly meeting held at Post 62 in Dunkirk. Lemanski has been actively involved with the American Legion for ...
Driving down a winter road, the easiest bird to spot is sometimes the bird that’s in your path. It’s not uncommon to come across a group of crows having an ill-timed gathering in the middle of the lane. They are pretty good about dispersing or at the very least hopping to the side of the road out of danger. While it’s not always clear what they were doing there in the first place, much of the time the obvious draw is a dead animal lying on the road. Crows are opportunistic and will eat whatever they can find, including seeds, invertebrates, any small animals they can catch, and ...
