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Local Commentaries

Arrival of spring season brings baseball, too

Spring is in the air. And, while snowflakes are still flying from time to time, that means baseball. On Sunday, with a temperature of over 80 degrees in North Warren, seven members of the Jamestown Old Timers got together for practice. Mostly they came from Warren and Chautauqua counties. ...

History — past, present

I have always been interested in history. In fact, I declared history as my major when I entered college. I had enjoyed all of my high school courses and looked forward to what was to come. Well, to make a long story short, I was disillusioned with the college professors who taught history. ...

California dreaming during a cool spring

MARINA del REY, Calif. — During this west coast vacation to visit my stepdaughter, I hoped to splash into some sun and some fun new experiences. It’s instant spring here – almost summer. I never expected the trip would lull me into this feeling of well-being while creating happy new ...

Keep FDA away from cannabis

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on April Fool’s Day. This non-foolish comprehensive cannabis-reform bill would remove cannabis from scheduled drug classification under the Controlled Substance Act, expunge previous ...

Alcohol takes deadlier toll than the virus

I’d like to respond to the April 9 article headlined “Erie senator seeks permanent cocktails-to-go.” The article says, “33 states adopted alcohol-to-go programs in the early days of COVID-19.” I’d like to point out how illogical that is. As of the day I’m writing this the ...

Public transportation provides reliable option

Every once in a while I think I should ride my bike to work. It’d be healthy. It’d be a nice way to enjoy decent weather. I wouldn’t have to buy gas. Then I remember that I might have to get to any point in the county to cover some breaking news. I imagine whatever breaking news might ...