Most of my life has been lived in Chautauqua County, and, if there has been one common denominator or barrier throughout—it has been what we call the “ridge,” the Chautauqua Ridge which separates the South County from the North County. It is a division originating in mother nature. It ...

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Overall, humanity hasn’t been a good steward of Chautauqua Lake over the course of the last two centuries. Raw sewage, pollution and runoff from various enterprises, and the clearing of so much land along Chautauqua Lake have hurt this body of water. The scuttling of ...

I belong to a group on Facebook that posts old items to see if anyone recognizes them. The last post was one that I instantly recognized. It was a paper cutter. I have at least two of these at home, but they differ slightly from posted type. The type posted was what I would call a heavy-duty ...

Anthony Pingitore’s opinion piece in last weekend’s paper asks, “Who are we to judge [Donald Trump]?” The answer: we’re voters. Ironically, he goes on to assert some harsh judgments of his own: that Trump was convicted in a “scam trial” (which one?) with “unscrupulous judges ...

It was with great amusement that I read the opinion piece by Paul Demler (heretofore “the Author”) entitled “Things Have Changed In A Few Short Weeks”, wherein the author claims that some great tectonic change has taken place by replacing the Leftist Sock Puppet known as Joe Biden with ...

What is it that makes people afraid of the left agenda? Why is socialism so evil and any hint of it anti-American? There are many problems in our nation and in our community, yet any hope of solving them often becomes messy with potential solutions being labeled as leftist. Potential ...