It started with me at an early age. Our farm was located on top of a hill, and we could see the weather coming from the west and then view it to the east as it descended upon Frewsburg and then into the hills around Frew Run and Bone Run. Weather became even more a part of my life when I ...

There have been a lot of changes in the funding priorities of our federal government during the past six months. As a result, more and more responsibilities will be moved back to the states and local governments, if they haven’t already been, and many funds already allocated to some local ...

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Humanity has devastated the natural state of Chautauqua Lake, thereby making weeds far worse than they otherwise would have been. This is primarily because of ● what humanity dumped into Chautauqua Lake generations ago and ● insufficiently constraining weeds in ...

Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, has taken six trips to China to study their automotive industry. “It’s the most humbling thing I’ve ever seen“, he said after returning from his latest trip. “They have far superior in-vehicle technology,” the Ford CEO said. “You get in, you ...

For those who use the Chautauqua Lake Bridge on a daily basis, there has been recent good news—there is now a “temporary” exit ramp for Bemus Point on the eastbound lane just as you cross the bridge. Businesses in Bemus and the Village had been asking that this be done, and, to its ...

I (Michael Dee) have lived most of my life on Lake Erie. In 1955 my dad escaped the city and bought a place on the lake, hoping to expand a boat livery there. But the devil fools with the best laid plans. Lake Erie nearly died in the 1960s, as did our boat livery. Today, while fishing five ...