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Opinion

It’s Time We Had A Talk About Local Control

In Our Opinion

Clymer is one of a few towns around the state that prohibit the sale of alcohol. Its status as a dry town was cemented in 1974 when Clymer’s elected Town Board passed legislation allowed under state law. Over the past 50 years Clymer residents haven’t chosen to change the designation as ...

Be Sure To Know What Rural Library Tax Vote Really Means

In Our Opinion

Votes to levy a new tax through a school district to support libraries is nothing new at this point. Town and village budgets aren’t providing enough support for libraries to keep their doors open and provide the programs users want, so they use a provision in state law to levy a tax ...

How To Handle Medication Changes

Local Commentaries

Question: My medication has changed significantly recently, and I have medication I am no longer taking. What do I do with it? Answer: I often speak about medications, the costs and how to obtain them, but this is the other end of the medication lifecycle. Do not flush your unused medications ...

Useless Weed Or Useful Medicine

Local Commentaries

I have always been enthralled with dandelions. When my children were young, they often brought home bouquets of them. I proudly displayed them so they would be happy. The little yellow flowers were so joyful to look at. By evening the little yellow blossoms had closed up. That is the way of the ...

Stories Untold Can Be Unhealthy

Local Commentaries

The last article was an introduction to my professional link to working with clients professing ideology of self-destructive behaviors. I was fortunate and blessed to have had a golden opportunity to connect with an established county based 24-hour hotline. The public was served via telephone ...

Lessons We Learned From This Week’s Eclipse

In Our Opinion

It will be decades before Chautauqua County is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse again. But the lessons we learned from the county’s handling of the influx of visitors from this week’s event can provide some lessons the county, its residents and its businesses can learn from ...