A recent Associated Press story in the OBSERVER caught my eye. The headline said that Whole Foods would no longer be selling Maine lobster in its stores. My first reaction was to wonder what the lowly, although expensive crustacean had done to warrant such action from Whole Foods usually ...

By Sarah Montalbano Young Voices via Centre Square Most Americans think Big Tech has too much power and looking at a recent report from The Intercept showing the extent of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to target disinformation on social media platforms, it’s easy to see ...

I recall, years ago, doing some research about politics here in the Southern Tier. It didn’t seem like a place where a Democrat could ever be elected. At the time, the last Democratic President who had carried the area in an election had been Andrew Jackson in 1828. It was pretty obvious ...

Jan. 16, 2018, was a sad day for the Greater Jamestown Area. It was on that date that the County Airport at Jamestown was the only airport in America to lose the Federal Essential Air Service (EAS) that year, ending decades of passenger air service at the Jamestown Airport. For those of us ...

In 1785, it is said that Scottish poet Robert Burns unfortunately overturned a mouse’s nest while plowing his field. With winter approaching, he felt sympathy for the mouse and at the same time identified with the mouse’s situation, comparing it to what happens too often in the course of ...

I grew up in the 1950s as a daughter of a World War II decorated veteran. We were taught voting is not only our right, but our responsibility. In my late teens I traveled extensively in Europe and the middle east. I saw first hand countries where people did not have that right. Their ...