WESTFIELD, N.Y. — A light mist greeted about 65 attendees representing area media on a recent Saturday morning at Johnson Estate Winery on Route 20. Owners Frederick Johnson Jr. and his wife, Jennifer, allowed guests to tour the historic grounds while asking about the different wines and ...
We are grateful for the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict in National Rifle Association v. Vullo — a case that cut to the heart of freedom of speech. New York state officials targeted the NRA specifically because they found the NRA’s message objectionable, and pressured private enterprises to “blacklist” or refuse to conduct business with the organization. “Today’s decision confirms that government officials have no business using their regulatory authority to blacklist disfavored political groups,” David Cole of the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued on ...
June is Dairy Month. Our family was in the dairy business for four generations. First, my husband’s grandfather owned the farm. Then it went to my father-in-law. Next his daughter had that farm. My husband moved to the farm that we now call Meldick Farms. It is on Howard Road near Russell. My husband and his father milked cows on that farm for more than thirty years. That is when my children became involved. They did not help with the morning milking but were there for the evening shift. Todd began helping when he was in fifth grade. The deal was that he could help if it did not ...
Warren County Visitors Bureau officials are getting a better look at where visitors are coming from when they visit Warren County. Information from Zartico, a company that uses geolocation, lodging and spending data to help determine where tourists are coming from, should help local officials know where to spend local marketing dollars so we get the most bang for our buck. It’s interesting, for example, to know 41% of May visitors to Warren County came from Pittsburgh and State College, while only 4% each came from Erie, Charleston, W.V., and Buffalo. That’s good information to ...
School attendance rates’ slow climb back from the COVID-19 pandemic should be concerning to everyone - including school officials and parents here in Warren County. While we’re not sure that state Rep. Tracy Pennycuick’s proposal to change existing state law is the cure to the state’s flagging school attendance rates, we can’t fault Pennycuick from trying. Pennycuick proposes reforming the mid-year transfers for truant students from school districts to cyber schools, requiring cyber charter schools to share real-time attendance and academic data with the school district ...
It’s good news that Warren County public safety officials are seeing fewer dropped 911 calls. That means we’re doing a better job of navigating the challenges that come with having fewer volunteer firefighters manning fire stations throughout the county when emergencies arise. That’s good news, because the struggle to recruit volunteer firefighters to man volunteer fire department ambulances isn’t going to go away any time soon. Those who need proof need only see the second half of what Ken McCorrison, county public safety director, said during a May Council of Governments ...
