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Local Commentaries

Keeping Up With The Day

Where to start? Where to start? Tariffs, the assault on free speech, the indiscriminate firing of thousands of federal workers, the elimination of inspectors general at federal agencies, the retributive targeting of perceived enemies of the president, the threats to major law firms having the ...

The Home Of State Champions

This has been quite a year for sports in our county. Several schools won at the sectional level, we have had state championships in wrestling and swimming, and recently the Frewsburg Girls Basketball team and the Panama Boys Basketball team brought home state championships. Sometimes we get ...

Hands Off Of My Pork

Political corruption is everywhere present – apparently a consequence of human nature we must constantly guard against. Nowhere is humanity free from corrupt politicians or people who believe it is their privilege to use the power of the Government to forcibly take from those who created the ...

Due Process Rights Being Violated

Our Constitution guarantees due process to every person, whether a citizen or not. This means we all have the right to a hearing before a judge if suspected of breaking the law. But our president, himself a convicted felon, doesn’t care about such things. No, Donald Trump is not bound by ...

POWs survive Soviet imprisonment

IMPERIA, Italy — From the veranda of a couple’s vacation home is a stunningly beautiful view. Brightly painted modest homes dot the high hills along the shore of this city on the Italian Riviera. On a sunny afternoon with nary a cloud in the sky, the Mediterranean Sea is blue all the way ...

Options When A Provider Moves Out Of Network

Question: I just found out that one of my providers is no longer in network for my Medicare Advantage Plan. What are my options? Answer: There are many important factors to consider when learning to understand your insurance and the coverage it provides you. When you have Medicare and a ...