For many in the SUNY Fredonia community, the recently announced program cuts were a wake-up call. For my family and I, it was deja vu — a painful reminder of a chapter in our lives that we thought was over. Although currently tenured at SUNY Fredonia, I still consider myself an “academic ...

Much has been reported about how difficult it is to enforce housing codes to deal with everything from junk and debris all over a property to rotting porches and roofs. As the Jamestown Housing Court Judge until December 31, 2021, I can confirm there are many obstacles to effective housing ...

The announcement by Lutheran Social Services here in Jamestown that they were closing their skilled nursing care facility should be a wake-up call for all of us. Nursing homes, at least here in New York State, are in trouble. Much of their difficulty is related to things beyond their ...

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. School-music programs feed talent into community organizations’ choral and instrumental programs. Just as school-music programs are worth attending, so are community-music programs. As with school-music programs, that includes when family ...

*Note – Regarding last week’s narrative, my apologies for adding too many days to the celebration of Hanukkah which actually begins Thursday, December 7, and ends on Friday the 15th. My bad! Now onto this week’s piece. T-Minus two weeks and two days, and counting, before Christmas, so ...

The holiday season, with all of its pomp and parties, and food and festivals, is always portrayed as a communal gathering of kids and grandkids, neighbors and community. But we know that for some, Christmas can be a stark reminder of being alone and the absence of familiar faces. A quiet ...