In an earlier article, I commented on the accelerated action being taken by the state to repair and essentially rebuild the Chautauqua Lake Bridge. Activity has only picked up since then, and now construction is taking place to divert traffic so that two lanes (not four) will move traffic over ...

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion taking race-based college and university admissions off the table is a ringing reaffirmation of—to borrow a phrase from the Fourteenth Amendment—”the equal protection of the laws.” This ...

Today I cooked some chicken in my little red casserole. I got that from my grandmother. When I use it I think of her. Quite often she did the meat in the little red casserole. I have no idea what material it is made from, but it has been durable. It is quite heavy but not non-stick. I am ...

The National Grid queue now has 189 solar projects listed for Chautauqua County. When will our county officials take action to stop solar projects that are doubling the cost of energy and destroying our communities? Under Biden’s “Inflation Reduction” Act, “90% of projected profit ...

Recently the Mayor of Falconer, understandably frustrated by a few troubled people Chautauqua County is housing at an old motel in Falconer, asked “Where’s Jamestown” in all of this. The simple answer is the City of Jamestown already bears a disproportionate burden by hosting virtually ...

I have been ruminating a bit about a headline I read a few weeks ago by columnist Chris Churchill which described the upcoming 2024 Presidential election as: “Sleepwalking toward a Trump vs. Biden nightmare.” This was followed by a byline: “A 2020 presidential rematch is not the ...