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An Extra Hour

The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It’ll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time next Sunday, Nov. 3, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. ...

The Greatest Invention In The World

I’m a pretty big fan of the Turner Classic Movie Network, because I like many of the old movies, featuring some of the greatest actors and actresses of their time. I especially enjoy the Christmas time (December, not July) films like Going My Way, Bells of St. Mary’s, Scrooge (the Alistair ...

Cheesy Stromboli Packs Pizza-Like Flavors Into A Portable Spiral

Stromboli is an Italian-American invention said to have been created in Philadelphia in the 1950s, but the dish takes its name from an island off the coast of Sicily. Like the calzone, it’s a sort of portable pizza — fillings are enclosed in dough and baked — but more often than not, ...

Not Ordinary Monday Morning Blues

Last Monday morning was especially blue – but not for the usual gloomy reasons. My routine road trip to Erie for a doctor’s appointment was particularly eye-opening… and captivating. It was ten a.m. as I drove toward Sugar Grove, home to many Amish families. On the way into town, I ...

Power Of Pets

Even after his passing, Andy Vistrand’s beloved dog, Dozer, is still making an impact on his life. This time, Dozer helped Vistrand win a bronze medal from the Military Writers Society of America for Vistrand’s book “Rescued” Vistrand graduated from Panama Central School in 2003, ...

State Money Balloons Assembly Race Spending

More than $250,000 has been spent by candidates trying to sway Chautauqua County voters. According to the most recent campaign finance filings as of Wednesday, the bulk of the money has been spent on the race to replace the retiring Andy Goodell in the state Assembly. Michael Bobseine has ...