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Sales Include Two $1M Homes

Two private homes were sold for more than $1 million each. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from March 2-6. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate documents are ...

Few Attend City School Board Budget Hearing

Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education held its 2026-27 budget hearing Tuesday at Persell Middle School, and no district voters were in attendance to comment. The board adopted its $120,898,274 budget in April. According to Brittnay Spry, JPS assistant superintendent of finance and ...

A New Name For The Late Boomers

I’ve been hearing more people use the phrase “Generation Jones,” to describe my generation from 1954 to 1965. And every time I do, I think: finally. Someone found the missing file folder. For years, people my age were simply thrown into the gigantic catch-all category known as the Baby ...

Where Have Teachers Gone, And Why?

As we recently celebrated National Teacher Week, and honored those leaders of the classroom, it brought to mind how much teachers do, and how much they do, and how grateful some are for our teachers, but also, how much they are overworked, underpaid, under-respected, and under-appreciated, in ...

A Message To District Residents, Taxpayers From Dr. Kevin Whitaker

Dear Jamestown Community, This has been another incredible school year, and we are so grateful for the opportunity to share the stories of our students, staff, and schools with the community through our “Focus on Schools” page in The Post-Journal. We extend our sincere thanks to our ...

Shore-ly You Can Walk On Water

In the 1980s, the dream of strapping on shoes and walking on water was alive or so it seemed. An invention emerged that promised this modern day miracle, but it was less a pair of “shoes” and more a set of “personal styrofoam rafts that required professional-level core strength” to ...