The following is a response to an opinion in the Jamestown Post-Journal on Dec. 4, 2025. I was a JCC Total Fitness member from 2000 to 2020, until it was closed down by the state in early March 2020 due to COVID. JCC Life Fitness had to close, half way through my 2019-2020 membership. In ...
If anybody knows how to do winter well, it’s the Scandinavians. They just seem to glide through the long dark months like shooting stars, long hair tucked into knitted caps, warm wool sweaters to greet the day, candlelit restaurants in cozy little towns; board games with friends in front of ...
The Broadway Play, Rent, based on the 1896 Opera La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, which made its first appearance on stage in 1994, told/tells the story of a group of “starving” artists living in Lower Manhattan’s East Village, trying to survive in the ...
Marcy’s vacation week offers a holiday column excerpted from her book, Rounding Third … originally from 2006. Christmastime is pure nostalgia. Many of my holiday memories began with our children’s arrival. I will never forget the total exhaustion of falling into bed after filling the ...
Though a well-trained, well-educated and skilled workforce is more important than ever, students seeking a higher education to prepare them for their careers are having a harder time being able to afford it. Sure, many people still believe having a college degree will translate to higher ...
In September 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asked a now-famous question in a letter to the New York Sun. Is there a Santa Claus? Not only did the letter make young Virginia O’Hanlon a celebrity, but it prompted one of the famous newspaper editorials ever written with an answer to ...