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It’s Time We Had A Talk About Local Control

Clymer is one of a few towns around the state that prohibit the sale of alcohol. Its status as a dry town was cemented in 1974 when Clymer’s...

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Be Sure To Know What Rural Library Tax Vote Really Means

Votes to levy a new tax through a school district to support libraries is nothing new at this point. Town and village budgets aren’t providing...

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Lessons We Learned From This Week’s Eclipse

It will be decades before Chautauqua County is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse again. But the lessons we learned from the county’s...

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COVID Guidelines Changing For The Better

It took four long years, but U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are finally ready to recommend parents should treat COVID-19...

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It’s Ludicrous Truth In Campaigning Bill Is Needed

Bills like Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti’s truth in campaigning legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly aren’t new. They’ve existed...

11.04.2024 3

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The Time to Act is Now: Support The Local Journalism Sustainability Act

A few short weeks ago, we told you about the newly-formed Empire State Local News Coalition. The Post-Journal is proud to be a member of this...

10.04.2024 8

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Topix Forums May Help Provide Some Answers

It’s hard to fathom that Topix forums, of all places, could hold a key to finally finding the murderer of Yolanda Bindics. The Jamestown woman was...

09.04.2024 6

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After Months Of Talk, The 2024 Eclipse Is Here

We’ve seen all of the trailers, seen old photos and heard from all the experts. Today, Mother Nature trumps all of the movie studios and brings you...

08.04.2024 4

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Helping City’s Homeless Is A Problem With No Easy Solution

How best to help Jamestown’s homeless population is a problem with no easy solution. It was easy to mobilize resources a couple of years ago when...

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Is It Any Wonder Donors Are Abandoning GOP?

Democrats are lapping Republicans in this year’s election fund-raising, and could that be because GOP donors are wondering what they get for their...

05.04.2024 6

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Safety Measure Village’s AED Discussion Was Forecast A Year Ago

Perhaps retiring state Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, has found his next calling as the modern-day Nostradamus. Less than a year ago,...

04.04.2024 6

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Here’s Hoping Additional Funding Brings Closure For Families

It’s hard to have much hope that the cases of 14 women between the ages of 14 and 35 who have gone missing, been murdered or whose remains can’t...

02.04.2024 10

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Dunkirk Finances State Plan Is A Painful Lifeline

The state is proposing an $18.5 million lifeline for the city of Dunkirk. The city won’t be living under a state-run Financial Control Board, but it...

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Resurrection Brings Hope To All Of Us

“Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from...

30.03.2024 7

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IRS Lacking Urgency To Change

“IRS agents shouldn’t work from home” was the headline of an opinion article written by U.S. Rep. Ron Estes and published in the March 4 edition...

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County May Be Seeing Signs Of Progress On Addiction

A decrease in drug overdose deaths early in 2024 is good news for those on the front lines of the county’s battle with drug addiction. We won’t...

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Delay In Riverwalk Lighting Is A Sign Change Is Needed

It’s been roughly nine months since City Council members approved new emergency lighting under the North Main Street railroad viaduct. There was,...

27.03.2024 6

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Lenhart’s Future Is Very Much In Doubt

There may be no more picturesque piece of summer in Bemus Point than seeing the Hotel Lenhart’s porch full of people in rocking chairs enjoying a...

26.03.2024 4

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State’s Slow Marijuana Rollout Continues To Cost You

It was bad enough when the state’s labored rollout of legalized recreational marijuana was only costing the state tax revenue. Now, not only is the...

25.03.2024 9

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How Much Weight Should Chadakoin Riverwalk Carry?

A new Northwest Bank branch in Brooklyn Square has a few hurdles left to clear after city Planning Commission members raised some interesting...

23.03.2024 6

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In The End, The City Picked A Bad Time To Build

There is little the city can do to reduce costs for its new Public Works garage. Council members will have little choice in April but to swallow hard...

21.03.2024 8

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Consolidation Of Town’s Fire Departments Is An Interesting Idea

There should be one overriding factor as four area fire departments in the town of Chautauqua discuss a merger – will the merger result in better...

20.03.2024 7

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This Is A Bad Time To Back Bird Scooters

E-bikes and e-scooters may be the wave of the future – but that doesn’t mean the future is now for ride-sharing such devices. The business model...

19.03.2024 10

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First Responders’ Provide Reminder How Vital They Are

Last week’s fire in the High-Rise Apartments on West Fifth Street could have been worse. Much, much worse. Those who want proof need only Google...

18.03.2024 5

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Watch What DEC Does Rather Than Listening To What It Says

After the uproar over possible impacts expanded wetlands regulations could have on Chautauqua Lake over the past few weeks, no one should be surprised...

16.03.2024 6

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City Will Have To Walk Tightrope With Vacant Property Ordinance

Two of the most destructive, costly and dangerous fires the Jamestown Fire Department has fought in recent years have come in vacant industrial...

14.03.2024 6

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County Was Ahead Of The Game Planning For Eclipse

It appears some counties have finally realized there is an eclipse happening in less than a month. That fact is old news to Chautauqua County...

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Assembly’s Plan For Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries Needs A Recharge

We have to give it to Assemblyman Andrew Goodell for asking a really good question on the floor of the state Assembly last week. Shortly before...

12.03.2024 7

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EMS Shared Services Deals Bring Some Fairness To Mutual Aid System

There’s always been something a little unfair about unpaid volunteer fire departments responding to EMS calls in Jamestown on a mutual aid basis. ...

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Rental Inspection Ordinance Won’t Be Popular, But Something Has To Change

We asked in November what may change with Republicans in charge of city government. The idea of change will get its first test in the coming months. ...

09.03.2024 7

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Shortage Of Medicine Needs Probe

Young, healthy people are not likely to devote much attention to news reports about shortages of medicines. However, that changes as illnesses and...

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Solutions To City’s Rising Deer Population Are Simple, But Unpopular

When it comes to Jamestown’s rising deer populations, let’s not complicate a relatively simple situation. There are really only two options –...

07.03.2024 7

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New York Must Enact The Local Journalism Sustainability Act

As objective and independent news writers and editors, we have an imperative to cover the issues most important to the people of Chautauqua County....

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County Will Need State’s Help To Address Population Loss

It’s good to see county officials proposing something, anything, to address the continued population loss in Chautauqua County. Like a dripping...

05.03.2024 2

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Independently Done Redistricting May Not Be Possible In NY

Republicans’ decision not to challenge redistricting maps passed last week and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul is telling. It says the...

04.03.2024 9

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Make Use Of Long-Abandoned City Commission

We noted over the weekend the planning that was done over the past 10 to 15 years – and the lack of follow-up from some of those plans. It’s...

02.03.2024 2

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Deficit Spending Continues To Need Addressed

Our federal government — particularly the White House — continues to fail to take the consequences of deficit spending seriously. President...

01.03.2024 10

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County Bucks Statewide Trends For Agriculture Industry

It was a pleasant surprise to see family farms holding steady in Chautauqua County. That certainly wasn’t expected when the state’s performance in...

29.02.2024 2

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Will The Party Of Alleged Fiscal Restraint Actually Show Fiscal Restraint Tonight?

County legislators will meet tonight in Mayville to discuss, amongst other things on the agenda, pay raises for the county executive, county clerk,...

28.02.2024 5

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A Reminder That Need Knows No Season

Last week, Conduit Ministries’ food truck spent a couple of hours in Brooklyn Square serving meals and providing winter clothing to those who needed...

27.02.2024 4

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Drop In City Gun Crimes Is Good News

Confirmed shootings decreased by 25% in Jamestown in 2023 – good news for city residents who saw far too many shootings in 2022. In fact, most gun...

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We’ve Done A Lot Of Planning Over The Past Decade

A comprehensive plan can do a lot of things. As Jamestown embarks on its first such planning effort since 1998, in our view two things are most...

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Coming Together To Benefit Barcelona Harbor

There is a lot of talk about the need for bipartisanship in Congress. And while we struggle to come to agreement on major national issues like...

23.02.2024 3

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Time To Tackle ‘Junk Fees’

You just bought those two concert tickets at $200 each. You go to check out … only to find that your real price is $250 each thanks to hidden fees....

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Local Cooperation With Federal Immigration Officials Is Needed

By and large, many asylum seekers make their way to the United States seeking a better life. But let’s not confuse asylum seekers with those who...

21.02.2024 3

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Falconer Should Consider Chadakoin River Proposal

Falconer officials are going to further consider a proposal to clear hazards from the Chadakoin River within the village’s limits. It’s something...

20.02.2024 9

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Classifying Parts Of Chautauqua Lake As Wetlands Could Have Major Ramifications

Proposed state DEC regulations changing what qualifies as wetlands seem innocuous on their face. But we agree with Ellen Barnes, a Lakewood Village...

17.02.2024 10

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Other Newspapers: Feds’ Road Sign Suggestion Misguided

State highway road signs have taken a turn in recent years, taking advantage of electronic options to get the point across using a bit of humor. Not...

16.02.2024 9

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City Has Tried Building Housing, But State Dollars Never Came

Jamestown City Council members are poised to join Dunkirk in taking the state’s Pro Housing Communities pledge. When it comes to New York state,...

15.02.2024 7

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Look To The County Airport’s Future, Not At Its Past

We still think the county’s market analysis to determine if the county should try again to restore commercial air service to the Chautauqua County...

14.02.2024 8

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