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The far left won’t be badly missed

The hard-line pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime has been protesting against, of all people, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Where did the New York congresswoman and Vermont senator go astray? Didn’t they denounce Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide”? ...

Paint the sky with colors of freedom and independence

Friends, sometimes you just need to get things off your chest, and today is one of those times for me. You are fortunate (or perhaps unfortunate, depending on how you see it) to be on the receiving end of my current unpacking. This year’s fundraising efforts for the fireworks were ...

Nature is not a place to visit, it is home

For years, I wondered what drew so many to the Finger Lakes Region. Friends often spoke of their return trips there, and I was curious to find out what kept drawing them back. Of course, I had heard of the great wine trails but had no concept of its incredible beauty. Last weekend, on a whim, I ...

Renovation progress being made at MCL

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been writing about some of the crazy stuff that’s been going on at the library while we’re renovating. Stuff like the removal of the dumbwaiter knocking out the fax line and the crazy placement of our laptops so that we can check out your books since the ...

Youth summer reading programs offered at JCL

Summer Reading 2024 is here and we have some fun youth programs being offered from June 10-Aug. 2. Register your child age birth - age 18 for the reading/prize part of the program on our website or by following this link: ...

Don’t worry, be happy, seek God’s kingdom

A passage in the book of Job reads, “Man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward.” Trouble is certain and trouble is relentless. Life is dangerous. The only certain thing about life is that we are all going to die. Life is a terminal illness. Life is a fatal disease. Life is a deadly ...