Opinion

With construction on the new Broad Street roundabout project expected to begin this week, as well as the proposed roundabout at the Route 219 intersec...

Credit card companies are gouging consumers. A well-known company I’ve used for years recently sent me a notice saying, as of Sept. 27, it will be cha...

A recent piece on “CBS Sunday Morning” made me realize that a board game I once enjoyed is now pretty much out of my league unless my opponents are fr...

I think this is the first year that I might end up watching more college football than professional. Up until recently, solely for football, I held on...

For the sixth time in seven years (missing it in 2020 for obvious reasons), my girlfriend, her siblings and I are headed to the Syracuse area this pas...

PBS is filming a special documentary this week to celebrate Chautauqua Institution’s 150th anniversary season. “Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ ‘A...

This past week, the English Premier League kicked off its 2024-25 campaign and, much like my Minnesota Timberwolves this past NBA season, I am finally...

We’ve all heard the saying “time flies when you’re having fun.” The seconds on a clock always tick at a normal pace, but there are times when they see...

The other night I was doing some work outside and several of the kids in the neighborhood were playing outside. It was hard to hear what they were doi...

It is no secret that basketball is my life’s obsession. So, obviously, the past comments on the NBA made by gold medalist Noah Lyles upset me — accord...

While attending the county fair last week, I stopped in at the conservation building to look at the live fish in the tank. As I browsed the educationa...

What a time to be alive. In a world where seemingly anything is possible, people may be limited only by the extent of their imagination. An unending v...

I love having cats — a house isn’t truly a home until you have one, in my opinion — but man are they weird. For animals so stereotypically proud and i...

I’m not a huge sports person. I played soccer and T-ball in elementary school, and I still golf from time to time. I’ll watch pro sports on TV if it’s...

The Olympics officially opened in Paris last Friday with a grand ceremony packed with creative fanfare — and lots of rain. It’s a shame it had to be s...

I have not paid for a video game in a long time. That all changed when “College Football 25” became available. The release of this game brought my Xbo...

One of my favorite places in Maine is Monhegan Island — a tiny, rocky island about 11 miles from the mainland. It’s primarily a walking island, so you...

I think what we all witnessed with the United States men’s basketball team’s narrow win over South Sudan was the exact scenario we all fear will happe...