The initial steps taken this year by the communities of Clymer, Sherman and Panama toward a possible reorganization of the school districts has us thinking back to the last time we started this process. Of course, the last reorganization attempt only involved Clymer and Panama, districts ...
Every time I open my computer I get another message. One fine day I am not going to be able to write anything. I am working on a seven-year-old computer which by today’s standards is a dinosaur. The only thing I use my computer for is this column. For Internet access, reading and ordering ...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere in the narrows of Chautauqua Lake, you’ve probably heard complaints about the condition of the lake this summer - particularly conditions in the southern portion of the lake. We’ve gotten good at articulating the problems. Weed growth is ...
NY Governor Hochul plans to issue more incentives for building lithium Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) throughout New York State. (PJ July 29 “Hochul Announces Bulk Energy Storage Solicitation”), There was no mention of the real costs and dangers BESS sites will pose to our ...
I have sat in rooms heavy with the haze of indifference—spaces where dissent is unwelcome and truth is inconvenient. To witness the unraveling of a republic and be met with little more than patronizing dismissal is a profoundly disorienting experience. Any merit of warnings and pleas for ...
While growing up on the farm, my father always stressed the importance of neatness in the way things were done. He didn’t make a lot of money in dairy farming, but he also never spared spending when it came to keeping the barn painted, maintaining the farm equipment, or mowing the lawn. To ...