The Post-Journal article by Greg Bacon printed on October 2, 2023, with the headline “Legislature Prohibits Giving Away Gift Cards For Vaccination” is worth reading. As noted in the article, almost two years ago the legislature did not support a $75,000 grant, acquired and submitted ...

County government made a big announcement this July that the Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System (CARTS) was being re-branded CHQ Transit, and the buses would essentially be shrink wrapped with pretty scenery. The newspapers had reported way back on March 7, 2022 that ...

There was an interesting article recently in the Financial Times describing the outrage in Ireland when dairy farmers were told that they would have to cull cows from their herds because they are excreting too much nitrogen into the environment—meaning, in other words, that they are producing ...

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. A speaker—a self-described liberal—at Chautauqua Institution this summer disagrees with the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion taking race-based college and university admissions off the table. Please consider the speaker’s answer ...

I was inspired by a sermon preached last week by our pastor. He talked about the five senses. He finally ended on the sense of touch being different than all the rest of the senses because it is not centered on the head as all of the others are. The next day this quotation crossed on one of ...

In response to the September 20 Editorial “Thruway After Eliminations, rate hikes too soon” we’d like to address some points you made. The Thruway does not receive any dedicated federal, state, or local tax dollars to cover the costs of operating and maintaining the 570-mile Thruway, ...