Opinion

Sunday, Oct. 20, marked the end of an era for Kmart when it closed its last store in the contiguous United States. Located in Bridgehampton, N.Y., thi...

This week, I’m going to use this space to talk about something other than sports. But don’t worry, with the NBA season here and college hoops around t...

There was a reason Major League Baseball decided to implement the pitch clock. The goal was to cut down game time and prevent the repetitive stopping-...

In a world of increasing media venues and ways to both divulge information and to digest it, I’m happy a group of Salamanca High School students are c...

I’m constantly wondering how different roads got their names. Even with the county, state and interstate numbered routes becoming the standard, locals...

On Sept. 25, the college football landscape felt a tremor. Not one necessarily the first of its kind, but certainly the first of its size. Matthew Slu...

The Ian Fleming Foundation has a huge collection of vehicles and props once used in the popular James Bond spy movies. It’s hard to believe that it’s ...

It’s once again time for the biggest festival in the city and a chance for neighbors, friends and visitors to enjoy downtown Salamanca with the annual...

I missed Johnny Appleseed Day this year, which is celebrated on his birthday, Sept. 26. With all the nonsensical days we celebrate in modern times, Jo...

On Friday night, I received the news that the Minnesota Timberwolves were trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks. I could get into all the ...

This past week was particularly stressful for me — as well as the four tiny kittens I accidentally discovered behind my garage in the tall weeds. We h...

I was audience to two fairly frustrating and awkward moments while doing some shopping last week, and both were about common etiquette with cell phone...

So far this NFL season, we have seen two former quarterbacks for the Carolina Panthers lead their new teams to 3-0 and 2-1 starts and a former Chicago...

As someone who writes for a living, my collected years of knowledge have made me a bit of a stickler for grammar and punctuation. A couple weeks ago, ...

I think I need to stop getting connected to any player the Tennessee Titans ever sign. This revelation has come in the wake of week two of the NFL sea...

Because I don’t hear much world news, I had not heard about a mysterious seismic event that shook the earth for nine days and was triggered by a 650-f...

Warm weather for outdoor projects is quickly whisking away and it’ll be time to get out the snow shovel before we know it. This year’s summer was part...

I know I’ve used this space to rant about the NFL before, but now that we officially have a week of the new season in the books, I have more to say. A...