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Thus Far, A Quiet Election

Local Commentaries

This is an “off year” in politics. There are no elections for federal office. That comes next year when there will be elections for Congress. That doesn’t mean that the elections this year are unimportant. Who we elect for County Executive, the County Legislature and other local offices is still important. Local elections give us the opportunity to choose elected officials who are the closest to us, and who operate most of the government that we deal with on a daily basis. Some don’t like them, but I am a big believer in political campaign signs. They remind us of our ...

Decommissioning Wind Turbines Is Costly Proposition

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Our financially strapped towns and land leasers must not expect debt-ridden NYS [or anyone] to bail them out for insufficient decommissioning funds for end-of-life wind and solar projects. Reported decommissioning costs are highly speculative, poorly understood and depend on the project’s design, location, the specific time of decommissioning and variations in disposal and recycling methods. Published in August 2025, the report titled “Assessment of Decommissioning Costs and Financing Models for Onshore Wind Turbines” by researchers from the ...

Going Out of Business: The United States Inc.

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: For decades, Republican leadership has touted the wisdom of running government more “like a business.” There may be some merit in looking to business to improve government efficiency and “customer service.” But how many businesses do you know that periodically shut down in protest when they don’t get exactly what they want? The grim reality is that the business of the “United States Inc.” can afford to shut down because it’s already a failing enterprise and its executives are embezzling hand over fist. Many things fundamentally distinguish ...

Biggest Issue Facing Cannabis May Be Market Saturation

In Our Opinion

The issues many Celoron residents raise concerning allowing cannabis to be sold in the village’s limits are the same ones we heard during the great opt-out debate of 2021. There were concerns over a negative influence on village youth if cannabis businesses were to open in Celoron - particularly if a shop were to open too close to the Celoron Village Park. There were concerns over increased marijuana use in the village if the village lifts its prohibition on dispensaries and on-site consumption businesses and a potential increase in crime. We haven’t seen many of those concerns ...

The Rest Of The Story

Local Commentaries

As a kid, I remember riding in the truck with my dad, listening to Paul Harvey’s iconic radio segment, “The Rest of the Story.” Harvey’s show was masterful. He’d spin the first half of a tale, often about history or ordinary folks, and just when you thought you had the facts straight, he’d reveal the twist, the context, the “rest of the story” that changed your entire perspective. His premise was simple: behind every headline, every controversy, there’s always a deeper story, a truth that only emerges when you look beyond the surface. Reading the back and forth about ...

Sink Them All Into The High Seas

Local Commentaries

For decades, illegal drugs from all over the world—and particularly from Central and South America—have come into the United States. As decades have passed, illegal drugs have become more and more lethal. The drug trade is no mere set of commercial transactions. It is no mere set of illegal commercial transactions. It is a criminal enterprise. Yet it’s more than a mere criminal enterprise. This is an invasion of the United States of America, an invasion that has taken more lives than this country lost in any of its wars. Correction: In any of its other wars. It is ...