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Opinion

Hands Off Of My Pork

Local Commentaries

Political corruption is everywhere present – apparently a consequence of human nature we must constantly guard against. Nowhere is humanity free from corrupt politicians or people who believe it is their privilege to use the power of the Government to forcibly take from those who created the ...

The Home Of State Champions

Local Commentaries

This has been quite a year for sports in our county. Several schools won at the sectional level, we have had state championships in wrestling and swimming, and recently the Frewsburg Girls Basketball team and the Panama Boys Basketball team brought home state championships. Sometimes we get ...

Keeping Up With The Day

Local Commentaries

Where to start? Where to start? Tariffs, the assault on free speech, the indiscriminate firing of thousands of federal workers, the elimination of inspectors general at federal agencies, the retributive targeting of perceived enemies of the president, the threats to major law firms having the ...

POWs survive Soviet imprisonment

Local Commentaries

IMPERIA, Italy — From the veranda of a couple’s vacation home is a stunningly beautiful view. Brightly painted modest homes dot the high hills along the shore of this city on the Italian Riviera. On a sunny afternoon with nary a cloud in the sky, the Mediterranean Sea is blue all the way ...

Fiscal Firestorms Fuel Discontent At Universities

Editor's Corner

Throughout his nearly five-year tenure as State University of New York at Fredonia president, Stephen Kolison has — at least publicly — come across as soft spoken. During press conferences and while leading meetings, he has rarely appeared to be too optimistic or overly disappointed. That ...

Developer’s Forum Should Be Two-Way Street

In Our Opinion

There is no downside to the developer’s forum being hosted by the city’s Board of Public Utilities next week. City officials hope to have about 65 developers, commercial bankers and those interested in housing development visit the city as part of an effort to drive interest toward ...