Chris Carosa

There’s a way to forecast weather that’s nearly foolproof. Unfortunately, no one really cares about it because offer no practical reality, except for one specific case. What is that one specific case? Read thi

As in most things, people ask a lot of questions, but rarely ask the right question. What’s the right question here? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “How To Be A Successful Writer (In Five Easy Steps)” and you

It’s not our differences that matter, but our similarities. Can this idea be civility back to our national discourse? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “This Is More Important Than Being ‘Tolerant’” and discove

Did you ever get something stuck on the edge of your mind? You can barely see it in your head, but your know it’s there and you know it’s important. It’s your Lifetime Dream. How do you achieve it? Read this week’

Sometimes, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks and beating your side, it’s critical you go out and, though victory may be unreachable, continue to give it your fullest fight. Why i

*If there is ever a question as to whether or not something might be experienced differently by someone else, shouldn’t we be respectful of that? Is the name of a primary school so important that it outweighs t

You go through life learning to never sweat the small stuff – and it’s all small stuff – and, for the most part, it works. Then, something happens that triggers something inside you. All of the something, you l

Are you ready for a big birthday party? Imagine all the fun you can have celebrating this birthday. Whose birthday is it? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “ Let’s Party Like It’s 1786!” and discover why Decem

While area towns and villages were certainly buffeted by the winds on Saturday, December 11, thankfully there were not wide-spread outages.

Mendon Town Supervisor John Moffitt said on Monday (December 13) that

It’s a movie we watch every Christmas. It’s become a family tradition. But the real question is, did Frank Capra knowingly – or subconsciously – model It’s A Wonderful Life’s Bedford Falls after the real-life S

There’s a choice that needs to be made, and it needs to be made soon. Ultimately, it will be in the citizens’ hands. What is it? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Just Say ‘No!’ To Drugs” to see where you mig

It’s a common fallacy. And you see businesses disappear from the landscape all the time on account of it. It’s like a drug they can’t get enough of. And, like all addicts, the habit becomes uncontrollable until

The problem with all businesses is that don’t know when enough is enough. But more on that later. For now, know that storytelling is a business. And, sooner or later, the author succumbs to the temptation to t

What’s college with the pranks? These are the stuff that memories are made of. They’re something you talk about years later. When all the studying is done, all the tests are taken, and all the courses are pas

Continuing our celebration of Italian-American Heritage Month, this week we examine the fundamental building block upon which everything else rests. And you might just be surprised by something we left out. Do you

Continuing our celebration of Italian-American Heritage Month, this week we explore how this ethnic group demonstrates its love for its new home country. Are you familiar with the early Italian-American

Come as we begin our celebration of Italian-American Heritage Month. Learn a little bit about a very familiar history (whether you’re of Italian descent or not). In fact, do you know what is oddly ironic about I

This week we remember someone who gave someone to us that sounds incredible – and it was. He was a paragon, a throwback we should continually aspire to. Who was he and what did he do for us? Read this week’s Car

As you travel across America’s First Frontier, the natural beauty and elegance of the Greater Western New York region inspires you with the same sense that led the first pioneers to settle the land shortly after t