Opinion

Summer hasn't officially arrived in Central New York until the first Saranac Thursday. Whether it's your first or your fiftieth, there are some rules you should know.

Don't you wish your pet could understand everything you say? Not just "sit" and "stay," but things like "the thunder won't hurt you, it's just sound."

Garage sale season is upon us. It's great to spend a weekend scoping out the sales, but be sure you don't break the unwritten rules of the garage sale.

Wouldn't it be great if we could issue our own tickets? So, when you see someone doing something stupid, you would issue a 'Citizen's Ticket.'

In case you haven't noticed, it's been raining a bit in Central New York. That means puddles.

Utica needs a Sonic Drive-In and I'm prepared to prove it.

Yesterday was quite a day - and things could have gone really badly, but thankfully, we've got a fantastic police department in New Hartford.

If you search for 'The City that God Forgot' on Google - one city comes up at the top of the results - and it's right here in Central New York.

As a native New Yorker, I can say with authority that this is NOT how you slice a bagel. In fact, this is a crime against bagels.

Daylight Saving Time rolls around this time every year, and we have to remember to change our clocks and lose sleep. NY should just get rid of the whole thing.

Intellectually, we all know we're getting older. Time marches on - but I never noticed it that much, until this happened.

Snow is a fact of life in Central New York. Most of us can handle driving in it, but there's always that one guy that passes you at 65 MPH...