I met him on a playground by chance while visiting my daughter—an old man who had grown up in Cuba, under the rule of Fidel Castro. “You have no idea what a paradise America is,” he told me after we’d chatted for a while. “I walked into a grocery store my first week here and I ...
A former drug store building in Mayville has a new owner. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Jan. 2-13. The county does not provide this information but is available by reviewing real estate ...
This is the third installment of a trip from which my husband and I returned recently. We were on a mission to visit our friends in Alvin, Texas, after we used expiring time share points and visited two of our kids who live out of state. After a few days at our daughter’s home in ...
Around this time of year, Sally and I have a four-week period of time, which we could call our Celebration Trifecta, as we remember our Wedding Day on March 22nd, Sally’s Birthday on April 2nd, and my trip Around the Sun Anniversary on April 23rd. While celebrating these special days, we ...
When Ava Millett enrolled in the Conservation/Natural Resource Management program at the Hewes Educational Center, she knew she wanted to work outdoors and do something hands-on. What she didn’t realize was just how many opportunities the program would open for her. A junior from Maple Grove ...
LAKEWOOD - Lakewood’s 2026-27 tentative budget has been released, and trustees learned of a tax rate decrease. The proposed $5,822,633 spending plan is considered an “all-in” budget, Mayor Randy Holcomb. “We take all of the requests from each department and their department heads, ...