The Independent Redistricting Commission recently announced it would host eight public listening sessions across the state prior to redrawing state legislative and congressional district lines, a process which takes place every 10 years to reflect population changes. READ MORE
Once upon a time there were two families who shared a driveway on Big Tree Street, in Livonia, New York.
County fairs bring people together to celebrate what is distinct about life in rural America.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered some news that people living close to border have been waiting to hear for the past 16 months.
Too many scientists and federal policymakers focus so much on climate change that they’ve given short shrift to environmental threats that are destroying our forests and waterways at unprecedented rates. One could argue that invasive species, not warming temperatures, are the greatest threat…
We’re barely a month out from the Colonial Pipeline hacking, perpetrated by the Russian-speaking hacking group DarkSide, which left thousands of Americans without gas, preventing many from accessing food or medicine. Not long after that was the attack on JBS, the world’s largest meat supplie…
The Livingston County Court House closed for business at noon. Sailors and their girls kissed and hugged at Times Square. It was April 23, 1945. Germany had surrendered.
The following editorial was originally published by The Watertown Daily Times:
Many important details of armed conflicts are contained in letters sent by those on the front lines.
WASHINGTON — Last month, as thousands of former President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters waited for him at a rally in Ohio, a chant rose from the crowd.
July is “Independent Retailer Month.” It is a shop-local event – similar to “Small Business Saturday” or “Plaid Friday” during the holidays – aimed at raising awareness of the value independent retailers and small business bring to our communities. It is also about encouraging local consumer…
Livonia poet laureate Beth Sleboda reflects on the recent rainy weather through verse:
In recent weeks we have seen the return of beloved community festivals and the continued decline of COVID-19 cases, with some counties even clearing all active cases for a time — something not seen in months.
This editorial appeared in the Press-Republican on July 7:
DES MOINES, Iowa (Tribune News Service) — For two decades, a man referred to only as Calvin has been proclaiming the word of God in the charming and orderly, 11,000-population northwest Iowa city of Spencer. For some of those years, he has done so in the heart of Spencer’s main street, along…
Clan mother Mary Kennedy looked from Squakie Hill westward toward the Genesee River. A majority of native Americans living at the Hill were partial Senecas or not members of the Nation. They lived close to Little Beardstown’s western Seneca door.
This editorial was written by the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board of the South Florida Sun Sentinel
This editorial was written by the Times Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times.
I understand that people’s criminal actions can effect the rest of their life. But at the same time, sealing the records is not correct action.
After reading your article in the latest Livingston County News (“Geneseo Scout earns Eagle rank,” June 24), I was glad and excited that the dugouts at Highland Park were being renovated.
This editorial was written by the Editorial Board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Far too many bridges and roadways, water and sewer systems across the country are in desperate need of repairing or replacing.
Look around.
This editorial was written by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence knew what they were getting into.
With a month to go before his swearing in, Iran’s president-in-waiting Ebrahim Raisi is getting daily intimations of the many problems that await him: American missile attacks against Iranian proxy militias in Iraq and Syria, an Israeli drone attack on a centrifuge factory near Tehran, stall…
If impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo go to trial later this year, prosecutors will march into the state Senate chambers armed to the teeth.
On the 14th of June, I was humbled to stand in the presence of a very special group. The Livingston County Veterans Monument project my wife and I had worked on with the greatest group of people you will ever meet, was finally being formally dedicated.
This editorial was written by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board.
I believe the now is the time for the Town and Village of Geneseo to offer the Wadsworth families a tax consideration in return for first refusal on selected lands located in the Town and Village. At the same time this should be offered to the April family.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1971 affirmed the role of a free press as a vital check against government corruption.
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — This year’s celebration of the Fourth of July provides a particularly apt occasion for considering the health of our republic.
I often like to tell people I live out on County Road 7.
All the executive orders issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for more than a year ended last week as New York’s state of emergency expired.
The fixation with the hoarding of toilet paper as a reaction to virus fears is a reminder that we are fortunate that the age of “small buildings having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate” is long gone. (Merrian-Webster)
The Class of 2021 has grit.
Western New York is home to an incredible amount of agriculture.
This editorial was written by the Times Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times.
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — The Republican Party has a problem with political violence: It’s not sure whether it’s for it or against it.
This news really didn’t come as a surprise, but many expressed their disappointment at Canadian authorities who said last week they wouldn’t loosen border restrictions until at least another month.
This editorial was written by the Baltimore Sun Editorial Board.
Employers across the country have been hit with a labor shortage.
Gifts for dads on special occasions were historically easy to choose.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, there’s a sense of relief and optimism that things will return to normal.
New York officials found themselves in a celebratory mood Tuesday as the state reached a significant benchmark.
A Governor drowning in scandals. Streets awash in the blood of innocent crime victims. An economy battered by the COVID pandemic and hollowed out by New York’s oppressive business climate. Despite our state’s so-called “full reopening,” we are seeing thousands of New Yorkers fleeing to more …
