As city Historian and past president of the Dunkirk Historical Society, I would like to acknowledge the recent passing of Peter Komada. Peter served on the board of the Dunkirk Historical Museum, filling the position of secretary for a number of years. He also was a most constant and ...

Well, well, well. So much for the idea of a state’s preventing a federal candidate from being on the state’s ballot. The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 blocked Colorado’s effort to do just that. And the high court thereby called a halt to other states’ similar efforts. ≤ ≤ ...

One hundred fifteen years ago the first International Women’s Day took place in the United States on Feb. 28, 1909. The Socialist Party of America instituted the day in order to honor the garment worker’s strike of 1908 in New York City reported by The United Nations. The fight was started ...

Several things caught my attention during this past week, and I hope no one objects to me throwing in my two cents. To begin, in my opinion now was not the time to give large pay increases to elected officials, particularly county legislators who are classified as part time. As for the ...

An important discussion with The Man OK, God. We need to talk. It occurs to me that since I’ll probably be making your acquaintance face to face sometime in the next decade or so, we have to get a few things straight. If you have plans for me sooner – like next year, or next month, or ...

For almost 20 years now, a number of leaders in the community looked upon tourism as a key to a brighter economic future for Chautauqua County. During most of those 20 years the County’s population and the number of jobs in the County have declined significantly. Some other leaders view the ...