EDITORIAL: Let bikers bike
On a warm, sunny day, we’re told being on a motorcycle is practically perfect. It’s the ultimate freedom. If only bikers were able to ride in peace.
EDITORIAL: A legend’s clause
Even as he neared the nation’s all-time wins record of 747, West Genesee lacrosse coach Mike Messere remained grounded.
EDITORIAL: Volunteer firefighters 'still stand for some good in the world'
There aren’t words we can put together that would sum up fire service any better than what former Camillus Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief and current Assistant Chief Scott Binns told us last week. “It’s a noble calling and that’s what I think it should be,” he said. “Something that still stands for some good in the world.”
Let the sun shine in
“Sunshine is said to be the best of disinfectants.” United States Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote those words in a 1913 Harper’s Weekly article entitled “What Publicity Can Do” to emphasize the importance of government openness and transparency. Nearly a century later, how far have we come?
EDITORIAL: A state budget well-fit for CNY
The state budget process has long been marred by an overwhelming amount of politicking and grandstanding. An on-time budget was rarely heard of until 2011, the first budget season of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tenure at the helm of the state.
EDITORIAL: An honorable send-off
In a ceremony that sent chills down our spine, the Camillus Police Department honored one of their own last week.
EDITORIAL: Your negativity brings our communities down
The village of Camillus is a mess.
EDITORIAL: Grounding Air-1
Helicopters are, apparently, a hard habit to quit. The county legislators voted to defund the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office aviation unit, commonly known as Air One. But the helicopter will still fly as Sheriff Kevin Walsh takes aim at corporations, surrounding counties, private donations and any other willing entity to raise $595,000 to pay for fuel, pilots and operating costs of the helicopter.
EDITORIAL: Help save the Drug Quiz
The Drug Quiz Show is struggling for funds and the community can help. Saving the program is a personal appeal from at least three of our staff members who participated through two different schools in the early 2000s.
EDITORIAL: Where were you on Election Day?
In the village of Camillus, there may have been more campaign signs than voters on Election Day.
Support your local libraries
This week the Friends of the Marcellus Free Library and Maxwell Memorial Library in Camillus are getting ready to celebrate “National Friends of Libraries Week” Oct. 16-22.
A love, hate relationship with words
The concoction of words and I are a lethal combination. Letters, sentences and paragraphs are things that I come into contact every day as an editor. Intertwined together, words have made me proud and at the same time, have caused me great distress.
The smell of pigskin is in the air
Thursday night Wes and I ventured down to my Uncle Mike’s and Aunt Karen’s house to watch the Seattle Seahawks take on the San Diego Chargers in an NFL preseason matchup.
Teachers shine amidst uncertainty
The agenda was quite lengthy during last Thursday’s Jordan-Education Board of Education meeting. However, The meeting was uplifting, encouraging and a sign of what is to come for this school district that has been turned upside down throughout the recent months.
