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I want to wish all my readers the most joyous holiday and a healthy, happy New Year.
I'm planning to continue exploring interesting and important topics with you, hopefully in a cogent and compelling way.
2025 has been a tough year for all of...
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BY JAMES MARTORANO
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12/24/25
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School success requires many skills, but there's something else that matters just as much: confidence.
Students with self-confidence believe in themselves and their ability to learn and achieve. As a result, they are better able to persevere...
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12/11/25
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Why I Voted No on 2026 Preliminary Budget
By Councilwoman Susan Siegel
After seven hours of meetings with department heads, the Town Board voted 4-1 to adopt a Preliminary Budget that was virtually the same as the supervisor’s Tentative Budget...
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By Susan Siegel
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11/28/25
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Thanksgiving is associated with candied yams, cranberry sauce in a jellied cylinder shape, cornucopias filled with fruits and nuts as table centerpieces, turkey for the main course, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on TV, and perhaps a...
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11/27/25
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11/27/25
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The school year often begins on a high note. For the first few weeks, students review last year's material, feel confident, and transition back into the classroom.
However, by late September or mid-October, reality sets in. New content gets...
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By Eileen Del Monaco
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11/21/25
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Reports of craft beer’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
With a nod to Mark Twain, it’s worth repeating his timeless understatement to lighten the mood around beer headlines. Yes, breweries have been closing — but the story isn’t all doom and...
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By John Bart
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11/21/25
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As the saying goes: It’s déjà vu all over again.
After two solar moratoriums expired in 2024, and the Town Board failed to act on proposed amendments to the Solar Law after a May 2025 public hearing, the controversial Solar Law is back on the...
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By Susan Siegel
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11/21/25
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Parents, grandparents and loved ones often make promises and/or express their desire to leave specific items of tangible personal property (furniture, artworks, jewelry, clothing, cars, watches, etc.) to a child, grandchild, loved one or friend in...
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By Lauren Enea
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11/21/25
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I cry when I am sad, I cry when I am happy, and I cry when I’m in between – so say my kids.
The loss of a close and dear one, a pet, longtime friendship, etc., brings with it many tears. It makes us question if there was anything more we could...
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By Marilyn Pellini
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11/21/25
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One of our Thanksgiving gatherings from years ago is a day that lives in infamy.
Things were going so well until two of my brothers-in-law got into it with my father over politics after a few glasses of wine. I may have contributed to the...
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By Don Scott
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11/21/25
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As a result of the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) on July 4, and the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Age Adjustment Act of 2022, ABLE accounts for those with disabilities will be enhanced and available for a larger...
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By Anthony J. Enea
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10/31/25
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Driving through Greenwich the other day, I couldn’t help noticing a sight that’s becoming rare just across the border in New York: a forest of campaign signs. Names of candidates for selectman, tax collector, and town clerk dotted lawns and...
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By Don Scott
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10/31/25
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My first Halloween costume as a young child consisted of a green plastic witch face mask...
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By Kim Kovach
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10/31/25
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If they are, that’s not such a bad thing.
I know what you’re thinking. Sleeping is a nuisance, but a necessary chore. After all, some very successful people felt that way and got by with as little as possible: Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and...
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By James Martorano
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10/31/25
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Dear Dr. Linda,
Our fourth-grader had to write a Halloween story.
Since my wife and I were both wrapped up with family problems, we didn’t have time to check his story before he handed it in. We told him to type it on the computer because spell...
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10/31/25
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We recently went to a zoo that began like most other zoos, but didn't end up that way.
I'll get to that.
The Wild Animal Park in upstate Chittenango starts out with a walk through the various habitats, where animals can observe the odd behavior...
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By Rick Melén
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10/31/25
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I was already in a melancholy mood when I learned of the Oct. 16 passing of Ace Frehley—best known as the original and iconic Spaceman lead guitarist of KISS. Like a lot of guitarists from my generation, the album KISS Alive!—especially Frehley’s...
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BY EMILE MENASCHÉ
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10/31/25
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken"
–Oscar Wilde
We’ve been going to the Blazer Pub for decades and always enjoyed their terrific fare, hospitality and libations. However, I always sensed there was more to the Blazer. A recent visit...
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By John Bart
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10/31/25
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One of the issues that commonly arises when engaging in estate planning for a client is whether it is better to utilize a joint Revocable Living Trust or two separate Revocable Living Trusts for a married couple.
The answer is relatively easy if...
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By Anthony J. Enea
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10/31/25
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