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Something smells funny at Sugar Hill in Portland

Something doesn’t smell right in the Town of Portland, and it isn’t coming from the grape vineyards. Apparently, someone wants to build an artificial intelligence data center on 44 acres of Lake Erie waterfront property at the former Sugar Hill Golf Course. And the Portland Town Board, ...

Life is a collection of moments

The words above come from the company, Shutterfly, a business that advertises saving memories that combine photos with many other items. They specialize in gifts and trinkets like blankets, magnets, puzzles, mugs, tumblers, engraved picture frames, games, apparel, and many other personalized ...

Here’s to the ones we’ve lost

Back in the fourth grade, our daughter Chasity began learning and playing violin in the Jamestown School District, something she continued until her graduation from Jamestown High School. Now, I love music. I love playing “Who Sang This” with Sally when songs from the 50s through the ...

My husband is my scoreboard

I really haven’t learned much about football in my lifetime. I haven’t needed to. I just watch my husband. I can tell by his pacing, the variety and number of swear words used, and his propensity to stand up during particularly agonizing moments to inform me exactly what is going on in the ...

For the love of wine, have a glass

I have an urgent request: please drink a glass of wine this week. Share a bottle with your wife, your roommate or your Uncle Randy. It’s your duty as a citizen of the world. The wine industry in California and around the world is suffering, and I find it heartbreaking that something so ...

The five Italian good-byes, and more

All people of all ethnic backgrounds seem to have some kind of “traditions” that happened in their homes during their times spent together as a family. If you talk to others who share the same heritage as you, you and them will probably find that your “traditions” are very similar, ...