Opinion

The Fourth of July holiday was particularly nice for me this year because I had the opportunity to attend a picnic at a home on Chautauqua Lake. This ...

Over the past few months, I’ve been going through all of my grandfather’s records. Almost all of these are jazz albums with a couple of outliers but m...

In the aftermath of the 2024 NBA Draft, I believe we witnessed one of the most blatant recent examples of the hive-mind mentality that exists within n...

Graduations of any kind are bittersweet for families whether it’s kindergarten, 6th grade, high school or college. Any graduation beyond that is more ...

This year I have the pleasure of covering not one, not two, but five graduation ceremonies, including the St. Bonaventure University commencement held...

When I entered a local store last week, what do you think I saw? It was an aisle full of fall silk flowers, pumpkins and other decorative items any sa...

From Lucas Oil Stadium having been transformed into an arena for the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, to the necessary reminder that Katie Ledecky is the...

During the school year, we run a news page from the Salamanca High School journalism students most weeks, giving readers a look at what’s happening in...

Gardening is one of the ways I relax. Besides being near a peaceful lake, the ocean or a quiet forest, it’s a good way for me to unwind. I especially ...

The Boston Celtics have won the 2024 NBA Championship … and a record-low people care. This has been the most boring and least-cared about NBA Finals i...

I’ve been slowly but surely working my way through every episode of “ER” — that’s 331 episodes over 15 seasons — and so far it’s been quite the watch....

The nearly lost Wolf Run Cemetery has been officially dedicated with a New York state historical marker from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. Mostly...

Well it seems that the drama-fueled national sports media landscape has only gotten worse since last week. Most clearly this can be seen with the “Cai...

Call me old-fashioned, but I love doing in-person errands. Even with the wild advancements in technology that allow us to do just about anything with ...

The current landscape of national sports media is full of talking heads and hot takes, and if you want to truly make an impact in the world of sports ...

I love ancient history and I especially love unsolved mysteries dating back to time immemorial. The other day I was reading an online article on the H...

I went shopping in Buffalo during the Memorial Day weekend, and no matter where we went I noticed a significant lack of seating for shoppers. No don’t...

With the news that Angel Hernandez is officially retiring from umpiring Major League Baseball games, it only seems fitting that I talk about how I bel...