The other night, I went to a middle school basketball game. OK, my grandson was playing, so I was not a disinterested observer. Yet, it was a delight to watch these kids who two years ago could barely reach the rim with a shot, now running up and down the floor shooting three-pointers, passing ...

This is an open letter to State University of New York at Fredonia President Dr. Stephen H. Kolison, Jr.: I am writing to you today with profound disappointment and concern regarding the proposed cuts to the art department at SUNY Fredonia. As a former photography major and current high ...

Most of us have become so accustomed to opening our newspapers or hopping onto the internet to find out what’s happening nearby that we become impatient and quickly change our plans when the information we seek isn’t easily accessible. That’s why restaurants that regularly post their ...

I’ve been sitting back and taking a bashing. I’ve been taking the dirty names I’m being called. I’ve even taken the two death threats I’ve gotten. The issue with all of this is that all these people bashing me apparently don’t know the whole story or are turning a blind eye and ...

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—In an odd sense, the possibility—or prospect, or notion, or whatever word you prefer—of New York state government’s designating part of Chautauqua Lake as wetlands is a bit of a joke. A bad joke, one that’s not funny, but in an odd sense a bit of a joke. The reason ...

A while back I was going through a box of old family pictures when, as sometimes happens, I came across several items that distracted me totally from my original reason for going through the box. When this sort of thing happens it can be a real adventure as memories, many of which you have ...