Today in the world of almost instant communication, it is hard for many of our younger generations to imagine what the world was like in the mid-to-late 1800s. Through the collections of letters that have survived, we can get a glimpse of what families thought was important when a letter was ...

SINCLAIRVILLE — Victor Richardson of Brocton was the guest musician at the Valley Historlcal Society Christmas dinner. The dinner was held recently in the fellowship hall of the South Stockton Wayside Chapel in Sinclairville.  Richardson provided some Swedish Christmas music for the group ...

“Sometimes, something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person’s life forever,” writes Jeannette Walls in her novel “Half Broke Horses.” This was one of those tragedies. It happened to my father and four of his friends 81 years ago here on a bitter ...

There is something magical about lights at this time of year. As a child, my parents would pack us all into the car and drive past houses with amazing lights. We would hunt for the best houses and go visit them, sometimes more than once. When my children were born, my wife and I started ...

Keeping traditions and making memories for her family are very important parts of Amanda Jones’ Christmas preparations. She takes pride in her Swedish heritage and continues to make her late grandmother’s recipes, of which many were brought from her native land. Her maternal ...

Holiday time is a time that family members, often from afar, gather at the home of a relative to celebrate whatever holiday it is. Many times the home is the “old homestead,” sometimes with a younger generation occupying the premises. Regardless of where the gathering takes place, it is a ...