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Opinion

Lake Alliance Needs More Than A ‘Cone Of Silence’

Local Commentaries

Remember the television show Get Smart with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon and their “cone of silence” which they used for top secret conversations? Recall that it never really worked. Our own Chautauqua Lake & Watershed Management Alliance has unsuccessfully attempted to operate in ...

Lessons Learned On A Trip To Ohio

Local Commentaries

Recently, we took a road trip to Ohio with another couple. It was a good break from the winter doldrums. We stopped to see old friends, renew old memories and revisit old, familiar places. Ohio seems like it will never end. There are places of beautiful rolling hills, but then there are the ...

What’s A ‘Studshaker’?

Local Commentaries

In February 1852, two brothers began making horse-drawn wagons and buggies in South Bend, Indiana. They eventually transitioned to building automobiles, including electric and gas-powered vehicles. Nearly 160 years later my family attended an auto show in Western New York state where we ...

Anchors Aweigh – And All That Jazz

Local Commentaries

When the Fredonia Opera House announced this concert, I closed my laptop and picked up the phone. The U.S. Navy Band’s Sea Chanters were at the Opera House for an evening concert last Friday and I wasn’t going to miss it. It seemed a shame for just Richard and me to enjoy it, so we ...

Narrowing Tax Base Won’t Fund Programs

In Our Opinion

One of the most consequential trends in American politics is that Democrats are increasingly discovering what Republicans have known for decades: Voters don’t like taxes. Now the gubernatorial primary in California has become an experiment in how far tax cuts might take a Democratic ...

Airport Commission Has Right Approach

Local Commentaries

Members of the Chautauqua County Airport Commission have the right approach on the pending Essential Air Services, or EAS, application to the federal government to resume commercial-air service at the Chautauqua County Jamestown airport. Patience. Patience. Patience. Their patience was ...