Many of you may not even know about the bookmobile that used to operate in this area. I am not sure how many years it was around, but I know for sure it operated from the late sixties until the eighties. We were frequent visitors when my youngsters were growing up. The children looked forward ...

As an athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from 1982-84, I vividly remember President Ronald Reagan speaking to us athletes in the gymnasium. The security was very tight, not just with men on the ground but also perched on the roof. Debriefed by a member of the ...

A lot of community grant awards have been made for local projects in recent years. Most people celebrate these announcements. However, no matter what projects are funded, some complain that the funds would be better spent on something else, like filling potholes. That’s not how grants ...

I was raised in a rural, conservative-leaning county with 2 working parents and 6 busy kids. My mother was a nurse and public heath educator and my father worked in insurance and real estate before serving three terms as our Republican state House Representative and later as a lawyer and Court ...

Fifty years ago, Chautauqua County was facing a big problem. Art Metal Corporation, the largest metal furniture manufacturer in Jamestown, had built a new 1 million sq. ft. factory in Busti—but then Art Metal slid into bankruptcy. The new factory building was empty. What was to be done with ...

CHAUTAUQUA—To those who came of age in the last quarter of the 20th century, American—and young Americans’—involvement in long wars then seemed like something for history books. The experience of earlier generations was different. Many knew the experience of long wars. Some knew it ...