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Opinion

Rounding Third: Selling memories in the driveway

Local Commentaries

It’s time for a garage sale. I haven’t tackled this particular craziness in more than ten years, but it is time. In the years since, Dear Richard and I have donated saleable goodies to a handful of local charities as well as annual fundraising sales. We’ve dragged out furniture, rugs, ...

Our opinion: Contention with agreement

Our Opinion

Both Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate agree that loans taken out by governments, school districts and other agencies as the state budget stalemate drags should be interest free. One would think that would be a cause for celebration, or at least a hearty huzzah amongst lawmakers. ...

Our opinion: Tourism growth is impressive

Our Opinion

The growth in Warren County’s tourism industry — especially when compared to our neighboring counties in the Pennsylvania Wilds — is impressive. By most measures Warren County increased tourist spending on food and beverages, recreation, retail spending, transportation and overall ...

Editor’s corner: Historic N.Y. miscues drive Seneca Nation ire

Opinion

For Pennsylvania residents heading toward Buffalo or Canada, signs of discontent have been evident for years along Interstate 90 east of the Silver Creek and Irving exit. Once motorists enter Seneca Nation of Indian territory, a billboard expresses its disdain for New York state. “A fee is ...

U.S. shambles need fix

Local Commentaries

It’s hard to ascertain the mentality of the far left. Since 2016 the left’s vocabulary has contained words like Nazi, fascist, racist, all kinds of phobias, Hitler, garbage, deplorable, and more. When a sitting governor and former vice presidential candidate in 2024 recently made a toxic ...

Other voices: Russian drones spark issues

Our Opinion

The sheer volume of headlines tells its own tale. Russian drones over Poland and Romania. Russian fighter jets in Estonian airspace. Russian aircraft buzzing a German naval frigate in the Baltic Sea. Unidentified drones over Copenhagen and Oslo airports. Most recently, in the early hours of ...