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In 2023, yellow signs proclaiming the need for a SAFER Jamestown were seen on almost every block in the city. In 2027, we all get to pay for a SAFER...
County shouldn't compound manager's salary range COLA mistakeCounty Executive PJ Wendel could have exercised a bit of fiscal conservatism on...
Adequately helping the county's homeless population is a task that we're sure feels immense for those who are working on it every day. It...
There was a reason that the wise old state legislators who drafted New York's minimum wage law back in the good old days of 2023 included...
There has been a lot of promise with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' broadband internet project so far. A $25 million Broadband for All...
Chautauqua County has approved the tax auction sales of 130 properties throughout the county – but the decision wasn't unanimous. Nor, in our...
We understand why there was barely a yawn from the public a few weeks ago when the state Board of Regents officially decoupled the Regents exams from...
News that Jamestown's unassigned surplus – its savings account, if you will – is on the low end of auditors' recommended range for a...
Falconer Village Board members did the right thing last week when they agreed to another one-year extension to purchase Main Street property that Peak...
County Executive PJ Wendel is proposing a 58 cent tax rate decrease and no tax levy increase in his 2027 budget. Not increasing the levy is due, in...
Parking meter issues have been a point of consternation over the past couple of years – and they really shouldn't be. A couple of years ago the...
It's hard to disagree with the city's proposal to crack down on shopping carts that are littering many city neighborhoods. In many cases,...
The City Council is poised to remove the Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission from the City Charter after a lengthy period of inactivity....
It's pretty funny that it's a Democrat who is now taking aim at repealing the state's outside income limits for state lawmakers....
We're not sure if it's a majority or a minority, but it's clear there is a vocal segment of Jamestown residents who don't like the...
We are encouraged by the news that Carroll and Kiantone are creating a committee to examine additional shared services between the towns. It's...
By now, everyone in Chautauqua County should know that changes are needed in the way we deal with the homeless – both those we see outdoors and...
It's becoming clear, as we move through the state-prescribed consolidation process in Clymer, Sherman and Panama, that the state should consider...
In a bolt of bipartisanship, the Chautauqua County Legislature recently approved a local law that will require drivers to leave a minimum of three...
One thing is clear in the aftermath of the charges last week against a social media personality for an incident in which the personality was stabbed...
The controversy over deployment of Flock Systems cameras in the north county should serve as a lesson for the rest of the county's local...
The current Lakewood-Busti Police Department headquarters has been inadequate for some time. The time is coming soon for those inadequacies to be...
Do you remember where you were exactly six months ago at 8:47 a.m.? But if we ask where you were 20 years ago at 8:47 a.m., chances are you will...
Two programs – a local one that is establishing itself and a state program that awaits legislative approval – both come with the same goal of...
Over the past few years we've seen Jamestown and other school districts around the county struggle to fill positions. Clymer, as recently as...
Three city residents are asking the city to find a way to memorialize Tony Dolce, including one suggestion to place Dolce's name on city hall....
As this year’s Labor Day observance approaches, America’s workers, traditionally part of the “cement” that holds this country together, are...
The 50 percent tariffs announced Monday by President Donald Trump on all cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel from Canada would crush...
The Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance wasn't awarded funding in 2025 through the state Invasive Species grant program. Board...
We agree with the idea behind Democrat Fred Larson's proposal to require the county to use $2 million from the county's surplus to decrease...
Both houses of the state Legislature approved legislation (A.11562/S.10643) that would create a wage board for the state's cannabis industry....
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is nearly finished with a document that should have substantial influence on the way we maintain...
Ten years ago, almost to the day, we lamented the difficulty in comparing results on state tests from year-to-year because New York's Education...
We'd say New York should throw out its recycling data, but we're not sure if the paper would be recycled or end up in a landfill....
It's good that local residents are getting an opportunity to have input in the plans for Jamestown's $10 million Downtown Revitalization...
It is shocking, though not surprising, that two county Social Services Department employees have been charged in the theft of money from the people...
Over the years we've seen duties that were once handled by volunteer firefighters taken on by paid government crews. The move really began with...
The Chadakoin River looks a lot different in 2026 than it did in 2016. Comedy Park behind the National Comedy Center is beautiful. Two pedestrian...
It's hard to believe it's been two years since the Army Corps of Engineers began its project on Chautauqua Lake. While we continue to deal...
In April, we called on state lawmakers to pass – for a second time – legislation creating a Rural Suicide Prevention Council to address increasing...
An increase in the number of serious accidents involving e-bikes and standup scooters in New York City is prompting calls to better regulate the...
A couple of years ago, debris from Lakewood's fireworks show landed amongst the crowd in Richard O. Hartley Park. This year, the fireworks show...
As early as 1990 – six years before it opened – the idea of a Lucille Ball Museum was being talked about in hyperbolic terms. “In conjunction...
It became fashionable a few years ago for people to blame "misinformation" for others holding views they find wrongheaded. Social media...
The population of homeless in Chautauqua County didn't explode last year like it did in the last two-year study by Comptroller Thomas...
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