To the editor: I love driving through town early in the morning, when people are walking their dogs, village workers are plowing and shoveling the sidewalks, and residents are going to work. It’s when the village is waking up. I especially like the traffic lights at the corner of Main and ...

To the editor: On Election Day, the folks in Onondaga County overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure increasing county legislative terms from two to four years, while their neighbors to the east on I-90 in Herkimer County overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure calling for a similar ...

To the editor: George Bryjak’s letter of Nov. 22 in the paper got it half right. Yes, prescription drugs are expensive. But why do we need them so much? It’s because we are a nation of fat and sick people. “Health care” is no longer correct. We should call it “sick care” ...

To the editor: Those things that are most important to a person are central in determining what that person does with his or her life. If making money and accumulating wealth are very important, the person who has these values will devote much of their life to doing business. If having a ...

To the editor: In 1883, the poet Emma Lazarus penned this well-known poem: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned ...

To the editor: Every year, the third Thursday of November marks the Great American Smokeout (GASO), a collective day of action for smokers looking to quit. An initiative of the American Cancer Society, GASO reinforces that quitting smoking isn’t easy — it takes time, patience and a ...