From its beginning, it’s had something neither Seabreeze, nor Midway nor even Roseland has ever had.

How the Erie County Fair once became America’s #1 County and what that meant to me growing up in that era.

This article also answers the question: “If Greater Western New York were a state, what city would be its capital?”

You can’t really claim something often called “the eighth wonder of the world” is a hidden gem, but Niagara Falls does have a forgotten (on purpose?) legacy to a truly inspiration movement that benefits all Americans. Do you know what it is? You can find the answer in “Such is […]

Hint: The answer may – or may not be – right on your lips. I know it’s on mine.

If Greater Western New York was a State, what would it be called?

Let the reader beware, this is most definitely a trick question. Back in the late eighteenth century, the Greater Western New York region contained few European settlers. The Niagara Frontier really was a frontier back then. Yet the territory represented a not-so-hidden gem to the politicians of a fledging America. […]

Who were they, what happened to them and what was their everlasting imprint on our region?

Here’s an offer you can’t refuse: Explain in what way Vito Corleone’s favorite enforcer is similar to the very beginnings of the Greater Western York Region. The very same reason tells us why winter roads here and across the world are safer than they were. You’ll have to dig about […]

After we burned Newark, the British and their Indian allies returned the favor. But, what’s telling isn’t that we couldn’t stop them, it’s what we did next.