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Opinion

In the heart of Texas

Local Commentaries

The day we left from the Buffalo Airport it was sunny and mild. We were heading to Houston, then to College Station, Texas. My granddaughter was about to get her white coat. They get their white coats as they begin their fourth year of school. We found out the ceremony was a really big ...

Our opinion: Striking a balance on rentals

Our Opinion

A first blush of a county short-term rental ordinance did not go well. Those attending a recent Planning Commission meeting gave the ordinance a frosty reception, with Arthur Stewart calling the proposed law “draconian.” We’re not sure we’d go that far. There are issues with ...

Becoming a master with southern vittles

Local Commentaries

Last weekend, Dear Richard and I were glued to the annual televised Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia – as usual. On the surface, tales of the competition at Augusta National, and my childhood days at summer camp, do not seem to have anything in common. But let me tell you both ...

Our opinion: State should help with impaired driving

Our Opinion

County officials are doing the right thing looking for ways to determine if drivers are impaired by marijuana. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has noted marijuana is the illicit drug most frequently found in the blood of drivers who have been involved in vehicle crashes, ...

Our opinion: State should act on ‘gas station heroin’

Our Opinion

Many states, including Ohio, have taken notice of an energy drink that allegedly has opioid-like effects. Pennsylvania should take notice as well Rep. Andrew Kuzma, R-Allegheny/Washington, is circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for legislation that would prohibit tianeptine, an ...

Solar Projects New tool can help protect farmland

Our Opinion

A new tool created by the county Farmland Protection Board could help assuage concerns about good farmland being used for solar and wind energy projects. Jim Joy, a member of the board and a grape farmer in the north county, worked with Lauren Sharpe, a junior planner with the Department of ...