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Man charged with Rochester murder apprehended in Salamanca

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Man charged with Rochester murder apprehended in Salamanca

August 13, 2025

SALAMANCA — A man charged with the murder of a 28-year-old from Rochester was arrested Monday in Salamanca after a multi-day missing person search acr...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Aug 14, 2025

Ren Fair time again This weekend, I’m headed out to Sterling, N.Y., located about 45 minutes outside Syracuse, for the Sterling Renaissance Festival. ...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Aug 14, 2025

Ancient minds Have you ever wondered how people from ancient civilizations figured out the wondrous things in nature and time? The Egyptians, Mayans a...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Aug 07, 2025

Some movie thoughts I didn’t go see a new movie in theaters last weekend, which is why there is no movie review this week, but that didn’t mean I watc...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Aug 07, 2025

No Yugoslavia I need a refresher course in geography. I’m aware that many Eastern European countries have changed over the years. Most no longer exist...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jul 31, 2025

Life of the Piano Man Over the past two weekends, HBO released the two-part documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” a nearly five-hour look at the l...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Jul 31, 2025

Rescuing Texas bighorns Wildlife biologists are stepping in to rescue the bighorn sheep that are disappearing in Texas. Bighorn sheep are native to th...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jul 24, 2025

We are all fish In another round of being amazed by science discussed in a recent series of videos from Hank Green, I’m fully on board with the idea t...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Jul 24, 2025

Alka Seltzer “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is!” Do you remember the jingle that was first introduced in Alka-Seltzer commercials in 197...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jul 17, 2025

More rock trivia With the announcement that Paul McCartney is coming back to Buffalo this November as part of his latest tour, Got Back, I think now i...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Jul 17, 2025

A tribute to yard sale hosts Yard sale, garage sale, rummage sale, tag sale, lawn sale, moving sale, junk sale — whatever you want to call them, the s...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Kellen Quigley

Jul 10, 2025

How many have you seen? A couple of weeks ago, The New York Times released its list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century (so far), compiled from...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Kellen Quigley

Jul 10, 2025

Remembering ‘Jaws’ “Jaws,” the 1975 thriller film classic, had its 50th anniversary in June. Steve Spielberg’s “Jaws” became the highest-grossing film...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jul 03, 2025

Who’s your mascot? Earlier this year, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” announced it would be rebranding the minor league baseball team the Erie Se...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Jul 03, 2025

Bedroom bat Imagine waking up to a strange sound and opening your eyes to see a bat flying around the bedroom over your head. That’s what happened to ...

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Readers’ Turn to Write: More than a teacher

By MIKE COLLINS

Jul 02, 2025

High school is the time we begin to figure out who we really are — when we first gravitate to the interests that will take us toward adulthood. If we ...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jun 26, 2025

Yes, it is the heat With summer officially here and a record-setting heat wave blasting most of the eastern U.S. earlier this week, staying cool can b...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Jun 26, 2025

Dad’s Willys Jeep My dad’s Willys Jeep was an old one from the World War II era that we used on our farm when I was a kid. I grew up riding in it thro...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jun 19, 2025

150 Years Ago If you happened to take a look at the Old Times Remembered section this week, you may have noticed that the 150 years ago portion is mis...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Jun 19, 2025

Battling chipmunks Chipmunks… cute, furry little critters and big menaces. You love ‘em and you hate ‘em. I’ve been battling them for years and still ...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Jun 12, 2025

My own private radio After years of hemming and hawing, I finally did it — I signed up for SiriusXM radio. No offense to the local radio stations that...