Opinion

Cast your ballot Every November, my pressing issue reminds our readers to go vote in the general election for their local, state and federal represent...

Josh Allen I thought I was from a crazy sports town, and particularly a crazy football town, growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. But here, Josh Allen is al...

Randolph’s firemen The Randolph Fire Company held its annual firemen’s banquet last Saturday, and I had the privilege to attend. The community is very...

Spring planting In Western New York, the April freeze and snowshower is not a surprise, and yet it has interrupted my plans to begin getting the yard ...

Do something, Cavs Having grown up in Cleveland, Ohio, I was raised to be a Cavs fan. I got to see some of LeBron’s first stint with the Cavs, The Dec...

Rural free delivery We have taken mail delivery for granted for countless years. I have never thought about it in my lifetime. When the mail comes, I ...

The American Woodcock The other night, coming home around dusk, I heard one of my favorite sounds of spring — the mating call of the American Woodcock...

Vague prayer requests One of my pet peeves is when people post a heart-wrenching message on Facebook and other social media begging for prayers, but w...

The Masters Opening Day for baseball, the NCAA championships, road work on the highways. People decide when spring is truly here in many ways, but for...

Nature sightings One of the nice things about living in a rural area and commuting to work is the amount of wildlife I tend to see each week. Nearly e...

1969 Westerns Last week on the SiriusXM radio station, I heard the songs “Born to Be Wild” and “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” two songs that see...

Is March Madness dead? For the second straight year, no mid-majors in college basketball made the Sweet 16. Every team seeded 13th through 16th lost a...

Easter outfits Whatever happened to Easter outfits? I’m remembering the days from my childhood when most people dressed up in their Easter finery for ...

Rock history We’re in a bit of an in-between time for heavy news periods, so with nothing else jumping to mind, let’s take another trip down memory la...

April Fools Day April Fools Day is coming up, and it’s an outdated holiday. We’ve reached a point, especially on social media, where a great deal of i...

Nothing has changed This was a commentary that I submitted to The Press 10 years ago, almost to the day. I’m rehashing it because we are in the same s...

No power, no prob Sunday night, after the Academy Awards were over and as I was getting ready for bed, the power went out. Although the power had gone...

NBA Tanking If you follow NBA basketball, you’ve seen it from commissioner Adam Silver and all over ESPN — teams intentionally losing is the league's ...