The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month the guns stopped. Armistice Day was the moment peace began. We lost something important when Dwight D. Eisenhower changed it to Veterans Day. Of course we want to honor veterans but wouldn’t they feel just as honored by the ...

ORCHARD PARK — The movie Pearl Harbor has several memorable scenes. One is when actor Jon Voight, playing the commander in chief of the armed forces, discusses with military leaders the concept of the initial bombing of America’s then-chief enemy in the Pacific. The military leaders are ...

The shiny blue pig is covered with pink flowers. It sits on the bureau below our wall-mounted television. And it eats pennies. Actually, this is blue pig No. 2. Number one suffered a sudden, untimely death. I bought the china piggybank when our grandson Malcolm was two, I thought it would ...

Young people in New York have a great knowledge of many subjects, but they have much to learn about personal finance. Many states have already incorporated financial education into the school curriculum, with some starting lessons as early as kindergarten. Twenty states, including Utah, Rhode ...

Breakfast Club meets Thursday The New York State Breakfast Club will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Demetris in Dunkirk. All retirees are welcome to attend. CVCS board to meet on Thursday SINCLAIRVILLE — A special meeting of the Cassadaga Valley Central School Board will be held at 6 p.m. ...

The other night we came home from having dinner out with the family, and found a mess left by the dogs. One of them is a pup and is still “learning the ropes,”—so it was somewhat predictable. You would think that after a year, this puppy would have gotten out of his bad habits, but he ...