Welcome to the first full day of spring. At long last, the hours of daylight exceed the hours of darkness. The winter’s snowfall has largely melted. Snow in the air after the beginning of spring is common. Even measurable snow can still fall. Whatever white stuff comes our way in ...

As March came in like a lion, I anxiously wait for the signs of Spring that are so familiar. When the grandchildren were young, we went outside as soon as it was comfortable. By comfortable I mean we had to wear jackets, but we could comfortably sit outside to eat our lunch. Many lunches were ...

This is an old saying which essentially means that things which are foreseeable and need to be fixed but are not...will, sooner or later, eventually need to be dealt with. In Chautauqua County, right now, two municipalities seem to be in the forefront as to this situation—Dunkirk and ...

Energy experts, engineers and grid operators should be setting our energy policy not politicians. Politicians are often responding to undue pressure from various stakeholders; self-serving industry groups and environmental organizations. Please note our current energy mandates /policies to ...

Representative Langworthy manipulates the truth to lie to his constituents. In his weekly newsletter, Langworthy points out that the recently passed House budget resolution, “simply establishes a budgetary framework while instructing several House committees to find savings and make ...

Relative to the pending revote to purchase two electric buses and update the Bemus Bus Garage to enable its use for the same, I would offer the following. I believe that electric vehicles, including buses, could be one of the options for transporting students, but not a mandated option. What ...