I hope that local school boards, administrators and the public will come to see that Its time for many Chautauqua County schools to consider mergers. As the county population dwindles so do school enrollments with 13 districts now having enrollments under 1,000 students each. We are doing ...

Does anyone make New Year’s resolutions anymore? Most people I talk to don’t bother. Maybe we finally realized that resolutions were merely words… words without action plans. I think I must have spent 40 years making resolutions about weight loss. Many of those Januarys, I actually ...

It came late in the day. As a matter of fact, it came just a few hours before midnight. But, last week, the House of Representatives acted...avoiding a federal government shutdown. The last-minute vote wasn’t a total surprise, since tough votes are often not taken until deadlines are ...

What is the government for? Our government of the people, by the people and for the people, was started to serve the people. The preamble to the Constitution. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide ...

In a courtroom, a young woman couldn’t read what she wrote, so her step-dad did: “To my future husband, … I’m working every day to become the best wife I can be. I’m focusing on God and what He defines as a faithful Christian life... I pray that we continue to glorify the Lord... ...

This will be the concluding article on abandonment, as stated in last month’s article. The origins of abandonment are people leaving you through death, divorce or separation. Many times people with this issue were over-protected as a child and never learned to deal with life’s difficulties ...