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Opinion

Visit a Chautauqua County museum this year

Local Commentaries

Do you remember years in which winter lasted until mid-April and then it was 90 degrees by mid-May? Those were years in which spring lasted about a month. Not by the calendar, of course, but by the weather. Following the heavy-snow winters of decades ago, some snow banks took until May to ...

U.S. history of division, freedom always tested

Editor's Corner

Boos mixed in with some faint cheers reached a crescendo on Monday night during Game Three of the National Basketball Association Finals in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Crowd reactions were for President Donald Trump who was in attendance and briefly pictured on the ...

Republicans have lost moral high ground on redistricting

In Our Opinion

The redistricting wars are a relatively new phenomenon across the country. What began with President Donald Trump pushing Republican states to redraw their congressional boundaries to keep a Republican Congress has turned into a battle of political oneupmanship that New York just had to ...

County may get caught up in state’s data center questions

In Our Opinion

There are a lot of questions regarding the siting of data centers in New York state. It didn’t seem like the questions were local ones until last week when the former NRG power plant in Dunkirk was sold to Genover, a company that repurposes old power plants. One of the uses the company ...

Threats against police are a growing issue

In Our Opinion

Twice this year we have seen federal charges brought in Western New York over threats to law enforcement officials. It’s two times too many, in our opinion. The most recent case involved threats made against a Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Few details about the case ...