2020-09-02

Letter to the Editor: Cooperation in Face of Differing Opinions is Needed

Dear Editor, A body has a right hand and a left hand. If the two hands cooperate with each other under the direction of a healthy brain, there’s no limit to what they can accomplish, but if the two hands become the enemies of each other, not only will nothing be accomplished, the body itself will starve to death.  The […]

Letter to the Editor: Commentary on Black Lives Matter in E.A.

Dear Editor, After driving around our community and seeing the number of signs for Black Lives Matter, I wonder if the residents of those homes actually know what BLM stands for. If you go to their mission statement* and founding, you will see that they were founded as a Marxist organization, this according to their founders. They use typical Marxist […]

Letter to the Editor: Village Zoning Law on Political Signs Not Being Enforced

Dear Editor, Town of Aurora Zoning says: Political signs shall not exceed four square feet, shall be located on private property, shall be placed no earlier than 30 days prior to the voting day, and shall be removed within two days thereafter. I understand that in previous elections, Republicans who placed signs prior to 30 days before the election were […]

Letter to the Editor: Graffiti Damage Distressing Around Village

Dear Editor, It was distressing to read of graffiti damage in the village of East Aurora occurring after a Black Lives Matter march there on Aug. 22. There is no excuse for such behavior any more than there is an excuse for the recent vandalizing and/or theft of Biden yard signs in Holland and Aurora. While it’s true that everything […]

Letter to the Editor: Crossing Party Lines Would Help Country

Dear Editor, In kindergarten at Roosevelt Elementary, Kenmore, we chanted “Eisenhower is in the White House ready to be elected, Stevenson is in the garbage can ready to be collected.” Somewhat mild by today’s standards.  My father was a lifelong Democrat, but was all in for Ike in ‘52 and ‘56. The country feared the threat of a strong and […]

Letter to the Editor: Community is Better Than Public and Online Displays of Hate

Dear Editor, It is no secret that this weekend looked different than most in our quiet town of East Aurora. I participated in the Black Lives Matter protest with some family and friends on Saturday and I felt both hopeful and disappointed in the outcome.  Hopeful because the Black Lives Matter group absolutely outnumbered the aggressive counter-protesters. Disappointed with the […]

Letter to the Editor: March Showed Collective Spirit for Equality

Dear Editor, I attended the EA March Against Racism Saturday, Aug. 22 along with my older parents, my young daughter, my brother, my niece, and friends with children. It was lovely to see many family friends I’d grown up with and went to church with publicly voice our outrage with police violence against people of color and collectively make our […]

Letter to the Editor: Take Time for Education and to Listen

Dear Editor, As we all know, protests advocating for Black lives and counter-protests have been going on in East Aurora. With these protests have come some things that we need to talk about in our community. I would like people to know that I am 14-years-old and I do not believe that the East Aurora Police Department has done anything […]

Guest Column: A Look At Volunteerism In The Fire Service In Changing Times


Last fall, the approximately 50 active members of the East Aurora Volunteer Fire Department celebrated their 150th anniversary. A handful of months later meetings, drills, and essential training were indefinitely canceled due to Covid-19. Although the world seemed to come to a grinding halt, emergencies in our community did not. The number of sick people increased with the community spread […]

Editorial: Black and Blue 

It’s more likely that traffic on Main Street East Aurora will be disrupted by a high school homecoming parade than a protest group, so when people see marching and shouting and placards in the air they take note. Some offer considered opinions and others may rant.  We don’t want to over-simplify the messages protesters convey, but it seems entirely plausible […]