It seems like the inmates are running the asylum to me. Why does it require legislation by the state to ban smartphones from our public schools? It does not make sense to me but then I went to school in a time when gum chewing was not allowed in class. It really surprised, indeed shocked me, ...
Thirty years ago — 1994 Following a heated public hearing, the Sheridan Town Board voted unanimously to deny a special use permit for a compost operation on New Road. The action will keep responsibility for regulating the compost operation within the town. Angry residents spoke out at the ...
Northern Chautauqua County can show support for an area teacher that is part of a national contest. Silver Creek’s Janet Decker is a finalist in the Reader’s Digest contest to name America’s Favorite Teacher. Decker said she was thrilled when she received an email stating she would be ...
It’s true. There are two seasons in upstate New York – winter and construction season. Snow and ice season is finally (we hope) behind us and flowers and orange construction cones are beginning to decorate the spring landscape. As the Thruway Authority kicks off another construction ...
Thirty years ago — 1994 David Goodworth of Fredonia, a teacher’s aide at Fredonia Elementary School, composed the song “Dare,” which was recently declared the county DARE theme song, right at home on his electronic keyboard/synthesizer. The recording in audio and video form is one of ...
It will be decades before Chautauqua County is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse again. But the lessons we learned from the county’s handling of the influx of visitors from last week’s event can provide some lessons the county, its residents and its businesses can learn from ...