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A focus on the urban or rural voter? Limit the federal government, or shut it all down? “Joke” candidates or serious? And, more importantly, what to d...

In the hustle and bustle of commercial shopping or time off from work or school, we often forget the true meaning of our holidays. Instead, let’s take...

I hope this doesn’t seem a morbid topic, but I have had to say goodbye to some friends in recent months. Also, it is a time of year that marks birthda...

This year’s report from the Cattaraugus County Department of Aging shows that one out of five of us living in the county is 65 years of age or older. ...

This needs to be said right off the bat — anybody who commits a hate crime needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. No “but.” No “I agree...

It was in the low 40s early Sunday when a member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension of Bradford, Pa., hurried toward the front entrance to place...

When I was growing up on the Happy Hollow Road, footwear piled up on the landing at the top of the basement stairs. It was where we came in from the g...

On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans died in the worst terrorist attack on our home soil. For years afterwards, terrorism dominated the news, and...

When I was in grade school my grandparents lived on Lakeview Terrace between Haskell and Wolf Run roads, but they spent their summers at The Camp in M...

Columnists who write in the form of narrative essay learn quickly that the subject matter of their craft must tap something from within the universal ...

On the commentary page of Sept. 18, Leonard Pitts Jr. offered numerous slurs, lies, misrepresentations and unfounded accusations that demand response....

Professional political pundits have to speak cautiously and hedge their bets when predicting the outcomes of elections because their careers and incom...

Something is growing alongside my garage. It is a cross between Timothy grass that farmers grow and a wild grass you might find in a swamp or natural ...

I am Catholic. Bishop Malone was asked earlier this month to resign, both by Road to Recovery and Movement to Restore Trust (MRT). Other organizations...

When we were children, our father and grandmother sometimes took us to see Grandma’s sister and her husband. Aunt Alta lived somewhere near Bradford b...

In this day and age of IT, in which a business or home can have all kinds of security that can turn things on and off and give alerts, it’s hard to be...

I’m looking forward to fall. I feel a little guilty for saying this. Throughout a long, cold winter, I pined for warm weather, for summer. I find I’m ...

I had been putting it off. You name the excuse: too busy, I feel fine, no symptoms, too uncomfortable to discuss, and on and on. I refer to that dread...