If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware professor whose groundbreaking 2006 book, “Bringing Nature Home,” supercharged the native plants movement. Tallamy made a case that our native birds and insects ...

As are many of you, I’m receiving Facebook “Friendversaries” notices I’m having with people whom I’ve been FB friends with for a number of years. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad I’m friends with so many people, but I often wonder if Facebook is something that’s a good thing, or a ...

If it feels like everyone around you has had the flu lately, it’s because they probably have. This year’s flu season came in swinging—and it didn’t let up. The bugs were back in town early, they stayed longer than anyone wanted them to, and they weren’t here to play nice. They ...

Next week should be the big egg week, the week the chickens work overtime. But if I am to believe all the bird-flu news, these haggard hens have already been on time and a half – the struggling survivors of the national virus. They should probably create a hens’ union and demand to be paid ...

WESTFIELD – A proposal to have a local juice packing facility run by farmers is getting closer to becoming a reality. Nearly two years ago Robert Patterson and Andy Putnam with Westfield Maid Cooperative, Inc. appeared at a Chautauqua County Legislature committee meeting to talk about ...

Neither the Mayville village nor Chautauqua town boards have signed on to join a lawsuit regarding the new wetlands regulations. Jim Wehrfritz, the president of the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association, gave a presentation at the Mayville Village Board meeting Tuesday about his ...