Jan 4, 2019 | By Grant Hamilton, Publisher's Message
Our sister publication, a community newspaper, The East Aurora Advertiser http://www.eastaurorany.com, provides the sound system for an annual Main Street carol sing each December, so the bulky speakers and related electronics are stored in a closet that also...
Nov 7, 2018 | Publisher's Message
Okay, it’s not a presidential year, but election season has been in full swing and it brings up some memories and thoughts. The first campaign I remember was that of Dwight D. Eisenhower. I was still in short pants – literally – when I was hauled off to...
Oct 1, 2018 | Publisher's Message
We had a few days of pre-Fall cold weather in Western New York, so it was time to fire up the Rumford fireplace. Many of you know that Count Rumford (aka Benjamin Thompson) was a Colonial-era scientist who, like Ben Franklin, was interested in the properties of heat...
Jul 26, 2018 | Publisher's Message
Personally I was never fond of antiques shops that also had contemporary gift items. It seemed to me to diminish the “authenticity” of the antiques. I also found it annoying that I had to spend time looking past the contemporary to find the old. I’m beginning to...
Apr 25, 2018 | Publisher's Message
One of the first “two-figure” antiques I purchased in my early collecting years was a view camera complete with a case with holders for keeping and exposing glass negatives. It was $15. We were visiting my grandmother and there was an antiques shop, not too far away,...
Mar 27, 2018 | Publisher's Message
When Paul “Ponzi” Polce and Stephen White, two well-regarded Central New York dealers, agreed to take over the management of the Kerr Museum show in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, they invited Linda and I to make trip from East Aurora to visit the show at the Oakmont Country...
