Last week’s column was about a nice day. A really lucky day. Then life happened. Back in my middle years, I made a promise to myself. If I’m going to work throughout my life, then I’m going to make sure I play a little in my retirement. My original plans were for some tennis, ...

Amherst contractor, Herbert F Darling, gifted New York state in 1963 a 1,425-acre section of the Cattaraugus Creek gorge covered in what now appears to be a timeless wilderness forest that had not been extensively logged for for over 50 years prior to when Darling purchased it in the early ...

We often bemoan the reasons that people leave the area—the winters are too long, the taxes are too high, there aren’t enough jobs, etc. But, there are also reasons that people want to settle and live here. I would put at the top of the list, the making of life-long friendships. One of my ...

One has to wonder about the county government’s fervent interest in Fredonia water. The village’s dam, reservoir and water treatment plant have been neglected by past mayors and village boards for decades and yet the county government has never shown an interest in assisting with ...

It’s that time of year when winter anxiety sets in. Snow birds have packed up and split for the warmer places, night comes earlier, yard stuff is put away, and visions of whiteouts dance in our heads. When will the first blizzard happen? How long and how severe will this winter be? How much ...

The Hippocratic Oath, taken by doctors, says “First, do no harm.” The government version says: “First, do not harm Big Pharma’a huge profits.” We must never forget the damage done to Americans by deliberate government disinformation and censorship of valid science around COVID, as ...