Back on December 11, 2023, the Lakewood Village Board was presented a proposal by the state Transportation Department to install sidewalks on both sides of Fairmount, Route 394, from Elmcrest Avenue on the south side and from Shadyside Avenue on the north side to Route 474. The proposal was ...

A topic which has taken over local news and conversations is the growing issue of homelessness in our city. And while we are trying to determine the best solution to this issue, my question is whether or not anyone has approached people or organizations who have found themselves faced with ...

Most of my life has been lived in Chautauqua County, and, if there has been one common denominator or barrier throughout—it has been what we call the “ridge,” the Chautauqua Ridge which separates the South County from the North County. It is a division originating in mother nature. It ...

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Overall, humanity hasn’t been a good steward of Chautauqua Lake over the course of the last two centuries. Raw sewage, pollution and runoff from various enterprises, and the clearing of so much land along Chautauqua Lake have hurt this body of water. The scuttling of ...

I belong to a group on Facebook that posts old items to see if anyone recognizes them. The last post was one that I instantly recognized. It was a paper cutter. I have at least two of these at home, but they differ slightly from posted type. The type posted was what I would call a heavy-duty ...

Anthony Pingitore’s opinion piece in last weekend’s paper asks, “Who are we to judge [Donald Trump]?” The answer: we’re voters. Ironically, he goes on to assert some harsh judgments of his own: that Trump was convicted in a “scam trial” (which one?) with “unscrupulous judges ...