I mentioned in last week’s column my doubtful sanity as evidenced by the fact I planned a trip to the Sahara in mid-summer. Before I explain how ridiculous that idea was, let me offer a meek defense.
I mentioned in last week’s column my doubtful sanity as evidenced by the fact I planned a trip to the Sahara in mid-summer. Before I explain how ridiculous that idea was, let me offer a meek defense.
The Geneseo Village Board would like to express its appreciation to the organizers and sponsors of the 2010 Geneseo concerts-in-the-park. The Saturday night concerts were well attended, and featured a variety of groups presenting a variety of musical genres.
I just wanted to comment on Chris Metcalf’s editorial regarding three sport athletes.
Our family recently returned from a summer vacation to Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and had a lovely time. One thing that struck me in particular, was how unique each destination on our trip seemed to me.
Since the establishment of the Geneseo Healthy Campus Community Coalition in 2003, representatives from 11 local businesses that sell or serve alcohol have joined representatives from SUNY Geneseo and the Village of Geneseo to establish a number of initiatives related to the responsible sale and use of alcoholic beverages in our community.
These kids are better than the world they live in. During a recent excursion to the historic (and somewhat touristy) city of Granada, one of our kids was not feeling well…. Sweaty clothes, mosquitos, latrines, bucket showers, fevers and coughing, old people, handicapped people, lots of homework, rice and beans three times a day, rain and more rain, lots of quiet time, a language barrier, no beer kegs, no shopping, limited internet access, itching, roosters crowing all night long, and manure on your Birkinstocks.
By looking at the incentives involved, and how the government is able to concentrated benefits while distributing costs, we can explain how politicians become influenced by special interests while still getting reelected…. Politicians can pay off campaign donors and voting constituents by offering them government subsidies, tax breaks, and favorable regulations; but since the costs are distributed over every citizen, there is little incentive for voters to protest these programs.
The DeMunns need the help of their community to get back on their feet, starting with finding a place to live so that their sons can continue at York Central School. The DeMunns also need men’s size 10 1/2 and 12 shoes, men’s L and XL shirts, size 32 and 36 pants, and women’s clothes size 18-20 to get them through.
Editorial The mosque at Ground Zero is not our fight By Mark Gillespie, Editor Before you dismiss this editorial as another attempt by this editor to weigh in on a non-Livingston County issue at the expense of local concerns, please read on. I took interest in this teapot tempest when my wife and I made our first-ever trip to New York City last weekend…. However one feels about the intentions of this community group or the effect its building will have on public safety and sentiment, this is ultimately an issue for community planning boards and the New York City Council.
‘Don’t be afraid to think big’
I’ve been following the development of the Samuel Warren Homestead with interest since the York Historical Society bought the property in 2005. I dare say the little non-profit group scarcely knew what a treasure it had uncovered.
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