Four years ago, on March 16, 2020, as a City Court Judge, the New York State Court System ordered us out of our courtrooms and even out of the court offices. So began the journey to understand what the Nation’s first pandemic since 1918 meant as a life and death matter. In some ways ...

Most of us have become so accustomed to opening our newspapers or hopping onto the internet to find out what’s happening nearby that we become impatient and quickly change our plans when the information we seek isn’t easily accessible. That’s why restaurants that regularly post their ...

I was thinking the other day of words I grew up with, but which you don’t hear much anymore. My Dad, for example, used to say when someone was obstinate that: “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink!” It was relevant back then because we had horses, and I can ...

Today’s column has excerpts from my January 27, 2024, eulogy for my mother and is published for her 94th birthday. This eulogy refers to sister Carolyn, nephew Collin, wife Hilary, and children Ryan and Margaret. It followed Collin’s eulogy: ı ı ı It’s no secret, Mom, that our goal ...

It has been a long time since I had children growing up on a farm. Things have changed dramatically over the years. Farm children now participate in many more activities. When our children grew up the opportunities were fewer. Our children rode the bus to school. They were part of the marching ...

On behalf of the Jamestown Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who responded to the unit fire at the Senior High Rise on West Fifth Street on Monday evening, March 11th. The Jamestown Fire Department, The Jamestown Police ...