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One Tech Tip: Why digital devices and online accounts need spring cleaning

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If the spring season has brought an urge to scrub your living space from top to bottom, why not clear out the digital detritus cluttering your electronic devices and online accounts at the same time? Carrying out the digital equivalent of spring cleaning a home isn't just an opportunity to tidy up our online lives. Eliminating dust bunnies like dormant accounts and forgotten files can help protect personal data, according to cybersecurity experts. "Clutter is fuel for scammers. Old accounts, exposed data and forgotten apps give them more ways in," Michael Sherwood, a product vice ...

How Expansion Happened: Seven Ranges survey changed the country

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Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

Decoration Day vs. Memorial Day

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Last Monday, we celebrated what is now called Memorial Day, honoring those who gave their “last full measure of devotion” to our country and their fellow Americans, in battles fought by our country throughout history. After the day of this Celebration of Honor was declared a National Day of Celebration in 1868, the date to celebrate this day was established as the 30th of May, which happens to be today, and the original name for the Celebration of this sacrifice by so many, became Decoration Day. The beginning of the celebration of Decoration Day, came about after the Civil War ...

Making Summer Plans For 2026

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What are you doing this summer? Around these parts, that question starts popping up almost immediately once the weather finally turns. And while some people are planning vacations, many others are looking forward to something far simpler — local concerts, festivals, fairs, lake events and all the traditions that make summer in Western New York feel like summer. The good news is there will be no shortage of things to do. Summer 2026 is already shaping up to be a busy one across Chautauqua County and New York State, with packed event calendars stretching from Memorial Day through ...

Other Voices: President Trump has lost the plot on governance

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Republicans don’t want to say this publicly, but privately they do: President Trump’s personal political obsessions are hurting his Presidency, harming the chances for further policy gains the rest of this year, and putting control of the House and Senate in jeopardy. That’s the backdrop to the GOP revolt this week in Congress on war powers and funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Trump’s unrelated priorities are handing Democrats gift after gift and forcing Republicans to take difficult votes that could cost them in November. His desire for political revenge is ...

Southwestern MS Names April Students Of Month

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Southwestern Middle School students recently announced the school’s April Students of the Month. They are: Hayden Young, sixth grade and the son of Nicole and Wesley Young. His favorite subject in school is gym. Hayden belongs to STEM wars and quiz bowl. He plays for the Frewsburg Soccer ...