One hundred and thirty eight police officers were injured on January 6, 2021, while trying to protect the U.S. Capitol. They were attacked by a mob wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, fire extinguishers, pepper spray, bear spray, and in some cases, the officers’ own weapons. Following the ...

A friend recently dropped off a book about Jamestown’s “Lost Neighborhood,” the old Italian-American neighborhood that was located along the Chadakoin River adjacent to Harrison Street. I remember this neighborhood well, as I used to trek through it when walking to or from Jamestown High ...

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, 2025, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in 2024 denied that the regulations would lead to any of Chautauqua ...

No, I am not actually snowed in, but it feels like it. Now do not get me wrong. I do not mind being home. I like the feeling of being in a safe place. Years ago, I told my minister that I would not be in church if I was not sure I could get back home. He was not impressed. Later that year when ...

As a member of the group called Save Holy Apostles Parish, (a group of interested and devoted people who are attempting to keep it intact, Holy Apostles Parish, which includes worship sites, Saints Peter and Paul and St. John Churches), we’ve been meeting to look at the decision made by the ...

I use The Post-Journal digital version to look at local news and sports updates as I am away at college. Although my main purpose of viewing is for staying up to date, I like to dabble in the opinion section. Mr. Craig Malmrose, I wholeheartedly love your Letters to the Editor. They are ...