To The Reader’s Forum: Many thanks to all those who supported our recent Guernsey Hollow Cemetery fundraiser held at the Horse Shoe Inn in Onoville, N.Y. on Saturday March 10, 2019. Thanks to community support this years event was once again very successful! Many thanks to the folks at the Horse Shoe Inn for hosting this event! Gary M. Olson, Ashville, president Guernsey Hollow Cemetery Restoration Committee
To The Reader’s Forum: Obvious by the number of news articles and Letters to the Editor the weed issues effecting Chautauqua Lake have finally hit home with regularity. Thanks to everyone for finally bringing the issue to the forefront. Hopefully it will result in action! I read with interest the letter from Mary Hutchings in Fluvanna! It’s not news to many of us that the CLA in a way has been running a subscription program for years! Call their office with a service request and the first thing they do is check if you’ve donated. That in itself is not the most disturbing ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The JHS Class of 2019 would like to thank the community for helping make our pasta dinner so successful! Thank you to the Elks Club for allowing us to use their club for the event. Thank you to Brigiotta’s, Red Lobster, Wegman’s and Davidson’s Restaurant for your help and donations. Finally, thank you to the public for coming out to the dinner! We will be able to make a nice donation to the Child Advocacy Program due to your generosity! Sincerely, Allison Stockwell Jamestown Jamestown High School Class of 2019 co-president pasta dinner ...
To The Reader’s Forum: On Sunday, March 24th, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office issued a letter to congress about the Mueller report. U.S. Attorney General, William Barr, concluded that evidence of obstruction of justice was insufficient to charge the President of the United States. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to Barr’s letter, did not make a prosecutorial judgment. In fact, the Special Counsel said in his report, “While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” Since the Justice Department is not ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Much concern has been expressed by the decision reached by Virginia Judge T.S. Ellis regarding Paul Manafort’s sentence on charges of bank fraud, filing false tax returns, hiding tens of millions of dollars in income and failure to report foreign assets. The United States Sentencing Commission recommends guidelines for sentencing to judges. In Paul Manafort’s case, they recommended from 19.5 to 24 years of jail time. Judge Ellis decided to sentence Manafort to 47 months minus time already served. Even though Judge Ellis does have the right to make that ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I’m sure most people have strong feelings about the legalization of cannabis in New York state. Perhaps someone can clear up my questions? It is very effective as a medical treatment for epilepsy, along with other conditions, and should be controlled legally? A majority believe it to be the gateway drug to heroin and most other addictive drugs. This has led to the present successful opioid treatment but (also an epidemic), because of its misuse and overuse which has resulted in the death of so many of our young people? I have talked to young men who ...