In Westfield, we are surrounded by quiet beauty — vineyards rolling toward the lake, a Main Street steeped in history, and neighbors who still wave from their porches. Yet beneath this familiar charm, many of us sense something missing. We live near one another, but not always with one ...

It is just past Thanksgiving and another deer season is upon us. Many around here will likely spend some time at deer camp that day. In reflecting back, though I have no historical proof of it, I have always thought that the pilgrims likely ate venison along with turkey on that first ...

You have to hand it to U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy. Not everyone would be willing to go out in the rain and stand in front of a microphone to tell us temporary funding for rural hospitals that offsets only one-third of permanent funding cuts is a win. Langworthy called the $50 Billion Rural ...

Imagine you have never been to Niagara Falls and you are visiting the area for the first time. You visited the Canadian Side of Niagara Falls first, then came to the American side after a small stroll on the Rainbow Bridge. You feel lost and disappointed with your experience here compared to ...

It’s not unusual to see an increase in demand for food assistance during the holiday season. However, the increase this year has been, and is expected to continue to be, far greater than is normally seen. Much of this is due to rising food prices nationwide and the impact of the government ...

I write in response to the article “Unfriendly Paths: Ferguson irate over crosswalk ignorers” (Nov. 20). Mayor Ferguson stresses that people have the right to cross the road, and that drivers must stop and allow them to cross, as this “is the law across the United States of America, not ...