New Yorkers appear to be consistent gluttons for punishment. Not only do many of us understand what is holding back the once great Empire State from prosperity, we also are having a tough time breaking away from it. So says a poll commissioned by the Invest in Our New York Campaign that was ...
Fredonia Village Board is attempting to tackle a complicated issue. During a recent workshop, Mayor Michael Ferguson discussed a potential social media policy for those who work in the village. “I reached out to the Board (of Trustees) and asked for feedback on a social media policy for all village employees and officials,” Ferguson said at the trustees’ most recent workshop. “This does not have to be part of a contractual obligation. It becomes policy once a person becomes either an employee of the community or an elected official of the community.” Let’s face it. Social ...
It’s possible for two people to see or experience something and come away with totally different yet perfectly valid opinions. When it comes to Niagara Falls I very much enjoy the peace and serenity of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and the adjacent state park. The view might not be as sweeping as that from the Canadian side, but it does afford the best opportunity to get close to the waters of the mighty Niagara as they tumble over the rapids and plunge over the edge into the gorge below. Others prefer the Canadian side with its sweeping views of the Horseshoe and American Falls. The two ...
My four-wheel Vespa was not one of their world-renowned motor scooters. It was a car. A really small car. I don’t think my mother ever forgave me. “That’s probably the dumbest purchase you have ever made.” I bought the little red car during my junior year of college. No longer living on campus, it was a challenging year of half college credits and a full-time job. And to make it work, I had to commute 28 miles to work, 12 miles to Boston University, then 20 miles home each day. A 60-mile triangle. My bicycle was not up to the job. I waitressed on Cape Cod for three summers, ...
Last week’s headline regarding the Center and Pearl Streets Historic District receiving approval from the New York State Board for Historic Preservation was more than just an announcement from New York state. It was a lot of leg work and perseverance by the Imagine Forestville group. That district is one of 19 properties and districts approved to be added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. In the article last week by Braden Carmen, he touched on resident Nancy Adams Fry’s sentiments from previous articles. She said Imagine Forestville was excited to discover ...
Though I don’t completely understand it, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. It is the latest permutation in our high-tech world and has taken over the stock market, if not our lives themselves. In a way, AI sort of crept on me. I didn’t think much about it when I began to ask “Siri” to dial a phone number or asked “Alexa” to play Johnny Cash on the radio. But, the development of voice recognition technology should have alerted me to the fact that AI was coming. Now, you can ask your computer or smart phone almost anything and it will get back to you in a ...
