local_columnists

Remember sitting outside under a tree on a hot summer day, listening to the chirping of the bugs and songs of the birds while a light breeze ruffled t...

I have always been something of a planner. That’s good, right? If you can map out a strategy or set up some steps to achieve a goal, it can’t hurt. Th...

Hollywood loves stories about unlikely heroes seemingly out of their element who step up and use their unique set of skills to save the day. Luke Skyw...

Writers always hope for readers and for columnists, that hope is someone will identify with what they offer. This is known as “the universal element,”...

Step outside — in person if you can, or in your mind. You’ll be delighted by a spring symphony of bluebirds and finches, robins, redwings, peepers and...

Sometimes there’s just no explaining Albany. That’s really been true over the past six years of New York state government under one-party control. Tak...

If you’re like me, you have your smartphone on you all the time. I actually need it for work, but the amount of time I spend scrolling through social ...