Twenty-four years have passed since the tragic events of 9/11. In that time, we have had the ability to mourn the deaths of thousands. We have heard the story of hero after hero from the days just after two planes crashed into the world trade center in New York City. We witnessed the bravery ...
“In a secular republic founded on freedom of conscience, religious doctrine should serve as a private compass, not a legislative cudgel,” wrote a local commentator (LC) in the PJ 8/9 entitled “A Civic Reckoning.” Before we reckon, we first need clarity. What does LC mean by ...
ORCHARD PARK—Let’s pick up where we left off on the 30th anniversary of the most thrilling game in Buffalo Bills’ history. Yes, you know which one that is. It’s the Jan. 3, 1993, playoff game against the Houston Oilers. The Bills were down 28-3 at halftime, and it quickly got ...
Oswego and Chautauqua counties share a number of similarities. For starters, in terms of population, Chautauqua ranks 23rd out of 62 New York state counties with 124,000 residents while Oswego is 24th with 118,000. Both also are located along shorelines of the Great Lakes — Lake Erie here, ...
Americans today tend to have a short attention span. Important news often is quickly overshadowed by the latest nonsense posing as news that captures the nation’s attention. Yet some events are of such a magnitude that they remain seared in our memories. The attack at Pearl Harbor. Troops ...
There is no smoking gun that explains why the Serta Simmons Bedding plant at the Mason Industrial Park in Falconer is closing. The plant’s closure is the confluence of factors far beyond local control. Serta has been in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization over the past two ...