A recent article in your publication regarding a proposed housing purchase by the Rak family has prompted this letter on behalf of the New York State Wine Grape Growers. Labor is an extremely important resource for all farming and particularly vineyard work, so consequently, we are very ...

My sister finally came north for a week — she couldn’t take the oppressive heat in South Carolina anymore. However, I thought, until recently, that our biggest weather story of the summer had been the many, unusually hazy days we have had caused by wildfires burning in Canada and in the ...

CHAUTAUQUA—The mantra that Americans are more divided than ever is way past the point of being tiresome. Have those repeating the mantra never heard of: ¯ The War of Independence and all that led to it? ¯ The War Between the States and all that led to it? ¯ What happened to Native ...

Question: My friend insures with the same Health Insurance Company as I do, but she pays less than I do. Why is that? How can I get that cheaper pricing? Answer: This is a question with many answers. I will begin with an analogy. My friend, Amy and I both have Toyota’s. We love our ...

Back in 1963, at the ripe young age of 10, I was finding a liking of certain music and musical groups to put in my mental cache and focus on while listening to our local radio stations, or while watching American Bandstand on Saturdays. One of the groups that I took a liking to was the folk ...

Paul Harvey was one of the last great American journalists. Those who remember him will agree. His firm but staccato voice, his conservative but sensible opinions, radiated throughout our lives for decades, reaching millions of listeners on hundreds of radio stations. He was a midwestern boy, ...