The last article featured not the usual counseling setting. I was out with friends. We were watching sports on TV at a local tavern. I was faced with an intoxicated man. While obviously intoxicated, he conversed with me on benign subjects. He made a comment, soon after, about my friend’s ...

We believe that, if government is of the people, by the people and for the people, then it should also be open to the people. Government exists to serve its citizens. Access to public information should be simple. Freedom of Information Laws and the New York Open Meetings Law make access to ...

Back on December 11, 2023, the Lakewood Village Board was presented a proposal by the state Transportation Department to install sidewalks on both sides of Fairmount, Route 394, from Elmcrest Avenue on the south side and from Shadyside Avenue on the north side to Route 474. The proposal was ...

A topic which has taken over local news and conversations is the growing issue of homelessness in our city. And while we are trying to determine the best solution to this issue, my question is whether or not anyone has approached people or organizations who have found themselves faced with ...

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 ...