Marcy’s vacation week offers a holiday column excerpted from her book, Rounding Third … originally from 2006. Christmastime is pure nostalgia. Many of my holiday memories began with our children’s arrival. I will never forget the total exhaustion of falling into bed after filling the ...

Rosanne Cole of Dunkirk sent this photo with this verse: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And ...

Oral arguments in local efforts to overturn the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act changes will be heard Friday, Jan. 23, in the state Supreme Court in Albany. Justice Richard Platkin announced the case scheduling in an order issued Dec. 19. If any of the parties want to postpone oral ...

Dozens of children waited anxiously in the St. Hyacinth’s school gymnasium with one thing on their minds. Two hours of activities did not temper their enthusiasm even a bit. They could not wait to see Santa. After all the games and activities were through, roughly 40 children sat on the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed legislation that would have exempted ambulances and fire vehicles from paying tolls on the state Thruway if engaged in emergency operations. A.34/S.31 was approved unanimously by both the state House and Senate, where it was co-sponsored by Sen. George Borrello, ...

SILVER CREEK — The final Board of Education meeting at Silver Creek in 2025 was an eventful one. It included the approval of bids, the acceptance of donations, and a handful of personnel moves. Most notably among the personnel moves is the hiring of a new mathematics teacher at Silver Creek ...