For those of us who do not have thick skin, these are trying times. The political atmosphere is at boiling point, and many people are behaving badly. Some of the most blatant evidence of the ugliness is on display in peoples’ front yards – homemade signs that malign political figures in ...

Are New York state voters waking up to the looming disaster caused by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) of 2019, which eliminated nuclear and fossil fuel based electricity by 2040? Not yet, apparently. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who killed nuclear power in New ...

Francis Bellamy first penned it in 1892. In my years as a student, I learned it and recited it approximately 2,000 times. In my 34 years as a history teacher at Lake Shore Central, I started the day with my classroom students saying it over 6,000 times. Meetings, sporting events that I ...

CHAUTAUQUA — “Wine, Women, and Dementia” is an unusually catchy title for a film and an organization with an important mission. But first a word about those behind the film from Wine, Women, and Dementia’s website. Producer Beth Rigazio has been a respite caregiver for a friend’s ...

As someone concerned about the state of our society I did reading on the causes of school shootings and came away with the feeling that no one on either side of the political spectrum really knows what is causing it or how to stop it. We do have a good record of making our school’s into ...

Large families always made me jealous. I felt that I was on the outside, looking in. I was a happy only child, but life was quiet. Those laughing clusters of brothers and sisters looked like so much fun. Warm and cozy. Just recently I chatted with two friends who grew up in large families. At ...