Editor’s note: This column was written at Thanksgiving 2006. Thanksgiving weekend, for me, is the first gift of the holiday season. Now that the arrival of a grandchild has changed the family Christmas venue to Boston, Thanksgiving is at our house. It’s a much easier deal. I find ...

So, it’s the holiday season — a time of good cheer, gift giving and for overdoing it big time. As you get older and your children have families of their own you realize that Christmas is really for kids, especially those who still believe in Jolly Old Saint Nick. Back in my younger days ...

Every day I go over the Chautauqua Lake Bridge at least two or three times. You can see that a lot is going on there, and good weather has obviously helped construction activities move along. Last week, as I entered the expressway and bridge eastbound at Stow—I followed a huge semi-truck ...

By JUDI LUTZ WOODS I am writing in response to the recent commentary “Dedicated Public Servants and Bad Medicine.” In this piece, the authors misled, misinformed, and at times presented totally false information on COVID and how the experts in our country responded. This unnecessarily ...

Sixty years ago, the popular TV show The Jetsons amused audiences by cartooning a futuristic society. The light-hearted show featured a likable family – George, Judy, Jane, and Elroy – along with a host of tentacled gadgets (including the robot maid Rosy) that served to make life easier for ...

Think of the excellence of the system we have right now. Anyone can write a letter to the editor, get it printed and not fear official consequences. I can go to the Village Board meeting or the County Legislature and talk about whatever I want. The police will not come to my door. Even if I ...