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PUB CHAT: Xmas traditions — from smelt to IAWL

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PUB CHAT: Meet you in Venice

I have written previous “Pub Chats” about coincidental or serendipitous moments and events that have made me go “Huh?” They happen to me...

07.12.2024 10

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COMMUNITY GIVING: Special praise for special people, agencies

In the daily pages of the Finger Lakes Times, we are pleased to publish stories about people going above and beyond and doing exceptional things for...

07.12.2024 10

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PUB CHAT: 'Tis the season — for a chocolate eyeball or two

Don’t you love it when the calendar finally flips to catch up with real life? By that I mean now that we have zoomed past Thanksgiving in all its...

30.11.2024 4

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PUB CHAT: Time to count blessings

Here I am, Pete. I have a buddy in Lyons, Pete Kitchen, who loves to chide me when I don’t have a “Pub Chat” in the paper for a week or two....

23.11.2024 3

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PUB CHAT: Election season upon us

19.10.2024 10

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PUB CHAT: Experiences through travel

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ― St. Augustine Saint Augustine was born in 354 in the Roman province of...

12.10.2024 5

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PUB CHAT: Rebirth of the Legion — Commander Fratto, dedicated team getting organization back on its feet

If you know AJ Fratto, you know it doesn’t take much to get him wound up. The current commander of Geneva’s American Legion Winnek Post 396 is a...

21.09.2024 8

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PUB CHAT: Three strikes, you're out!

I love baseball and, by extension, baseball movies. And, don’t worry. If you’re not a sports fan, this “Pub Chat” is not really about sports,...

14.09.2024 6

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GUEST APPEARANCE: How to lose 100 pounds — and still be (very) happy

I lost a hundred pounds. It began on a commercial airplane about two years ago. I couldn’t get the seat belt to reach all the way around my lap....

07.09.2024 5

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PUB CHAT: On Labor Day, here's to the butcher

(Publisher’s note: Is it officially stealing if you steal from yourself, or copyright infringement when you infringe upon yourself? I’m not quite...

31.08.2024 4

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PUB CHAT: Latest industry developments

My prediction is this will be one of the lesser-read “Pub Chats” I’ve produced in a while, but I want to touch on a couple of developments that...

17.08.2024 8

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PUB CHAT: Inspiring Olympic stories

I don’t know about you, but for me, nothing is as inspirational as the Olympic Games, especially the summer version. There’s just something about...

10.08.2024 3

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PUB CHAT: Olympian memories

I have always been a fan of the Olympics — especially the Summer Games. The allure for me is a combination of the pageantry of the Opening and...

27.07.2024 6

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FROM THE PUBLISHER: FLT looking for new home

The Finger Lakes Times is looking for a new home. Since 1953, the Times has been housed at 218 Genesee St. in downtown Geneva, the 71-year run being...

06.07.2024 10

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PUB CHAT: More donkey talk

Mystery solved. Thanks to some sharp Finger Lakes Times readers. “Rabbit Redux” was a famous 1971 novel by the late John Updike, a Pulitzer...

22.06.2024 6

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PUB CHAT: One dad’s wisdom — Donkeys, tomatoes and wet throat

Father knows best, right? Or at least so the saying goes. Even if it’s a twist on that saying, like the headline over Gary Xavier’s “Life...

15.06.2024 6

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PUB CHAT: Honoring the 'best of the best' — RCA kicks off 7th season

18.05.2024 20

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PUB CHAT: Moms do what they have to do

11.05.2024 20

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PUB CHAT: A boost for local media — State budget contains a first-in-the-nation bill that will help news outlets

Something occurred on Saturday that was, to some, “monumental” or “monstrous.” To others, it was “historic.” To many, it was all three....

27.04.2024 20

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PUB CHAT: A taxing situation

I received a disturbing mailing the other day — and no, it wasn’t from the City of Geneva about my reassessment (although that was delivered a few...

20.04.2024 9

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PUB CHAT: The (family) tree continues to grow

Here’s a question for you: What do Joey Votto, Tom Izzo, and Pope Pius XII have in common? You may or may not recognize the first two as sports...

13.04.2024 20

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PUB CHAT: March 31, a day to celebrate

Easter was always the most joyous holiday in our house while I was growing up. I’ve always said that was because of my mother, who not only was very...

30.03.2024 10

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PUB CHAT: A tribute to books ... and mom

It seems like we have been using up an awful lot of ink lately to publish stories about books. Dan Hennessy’s last three “Timely Matters”...

16.03.2024 10

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PUB CHAT: Musical memories — grooving down Memory Lane

I was going to “chat” this weekend about the recent unveiling of our new Monday-digital business model and all the interesting interactions I’ve...

02.03.2024 40

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PUB CHAT: The roads we take — and where they do or don't lead us

It’s amazing the twists and turns that life takes, the roads down which we travel — or don’t travel — that often don’t come into crystal...

17.02.2024 7

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PUB CHAT: Twists on Memory Lane

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years in this business — and if you read last week’s “Pub Chat,” you know those years have...

28.01.2024 20

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PUB CHAT: Where did those 40 years go?

(Ed. note: This is a rerun of a column written 10 years ago, updated a bit for reasons that will become apparent). Statistics, I was told. Norm...

20.01.2024 6

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PUB CHAT: Shouting for the playoffs

In the rich, 64-year history of the National Football League’s Buffalo Bills, it is probably safe to say — in fact, “likely” may be a better...

14.01.2024 7

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PUB CHAT: Keeping traditions alive

I hope everyone had a healthy and happy holiday season, visiting with loved ones, maybe shoving thoughts of national and international problems out of...

06.01.2024 5

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PUB CHAT: Christmas 2023 — From cookies to Sinatra

As we all frantically scramble to get ready for what crooner Andy Williams told us is the “hap-happiest season of all,” we are reminded often that...

23.12.2023 6

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PUB CHAT: How's your mineral oil supply?

Have you ever sat around pondering what mineral oil, hearing aid batteries and orbital handheld sanders have in common? My guess is you haven’t....

19.12.2023 10

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PUB CHAT: Time to get your cookie on — FLT contest is Monday

Did you know that cookies were first “invented” to test the temperature of an oven, not to eat? According to culinary historians, back in the 7th...

09.12.2023 7

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