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Opinion

Sports Merger Debate Is A Preview Of Things To Come

In Our Opinion

There will come a time when school merger talks in Chautauqua County schools will involve more than sports teams. It’s not a matter of it, it’s a matter of when. The timing really depends on when our population decline finally bottoms out and we have a better handle on how many schools ...

Ways To Avoid Late Enrollment Penalties

Local Commentaries

Question: I signed up for Medicare, and evaluated my options and signed up for additional insurance, but now I received paperwork telling me I have a Late Enrollment Penalty and have to pay more money for my premiums? What should I do? Do I have to pay this? Answer: The steps for getting onto ...

What Are Your Goliaths

Local Commentaries

First, of all, I hope that you are familiar with the account of David and Goliath from the Bible. Our guest preacher used it as his scriptural reference Sunday. In case it is unfamiliar I will give some of my history with it as well as something from the Bible. I missed the book of the Bible ...

DEC Made Case For Delaying Watershed Regulations

In Our Opinion

The process to apply herbicides on Chautauqua Lake this year is convoluted, to say the least. Give the DEC credit, it’s trying to make an elongated process work. And the agency is trying its best to work with municipalities that have applied herbicides in the past. But the process - ...

A Dose Of Kindness Is Needed

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Dear Mr. Meara, It is not kind and you do not have the right to allow your dog to poop on your neighbor’s lawn and not clean it up, because you don’t agree with his political views, just as it is not right to damage the property of someone else - as the ...

Cleaning Up After The Dog Is A Good Start

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: In response to the author of the article on March 20 pertaining to whether he should “pick up” after his dog when he had to bring politics into his choice of doing the right thing or not. He mentioned in his article that his mother had raised him well. But ...