Question: Medicare can be so hard to understand, How are we supposed to know what to do? Answer: Medicare is such a big concern for many Americas (over 65 Million are enrolled in Medicare). When you factor in those individuals that help someone with Medicare that is an even bigger number of ...

This week I pay homage to my grandfather. His birthday occurred during Lent. His favorite hymn was always “The Old Rugged Cross”. He was a regular church attendee, but when it was time to sing this song, you could count on him singing it with gusto. My mom sang in the choir so I spent the ...

We go through our lives, often times facing stress, disappointment, despair, and sadness as well as gratitude, elation, self-fulfillment, and joy, experiencing the full spectrum of what life may hand us in the daily uncertainty of our existence. At all those times in our lives, be they highs, ...

For almost 20 years now, a number of leaders in the community looked upon tourism as a key to a brighter economic future for Chautauqua County. During most of those 20 years the County’s population and the number of jobs in the County have declined significantly. Some other leaders view the ...

If you have driven over the Chautauqua Lake Bridge recently, you will see that the trucks and crews that installed a deck underneath the bridge, have been replaced by the bigger and more numerous vehicles of the prime contractor, Union Concrete. You will also see that new semi-permanent ...

Let’s suppose that you submitted a letter to the editor. Let’s suppose that the publication, for whatever reason, declined to run it. Let’s suppose that you, disapproving of that decision, went to your friendly neighborhood federal-district court, filed suit, and asserted that you ...