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Opinion

Conscience Check Past Due For FAA

In Our Opinion

Until the midair collision that claimed 67 lives on Jan. 29 near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, followed soon thereafter by a number of other incidents involving planes, some of those incidents also resulting in fatalities, members of the flying public generally had exuded great ...

Others Must Guard Your Final Instructions

Local Commentaries

With Memorial Day upon us, many are headed to cemeteries to pay their respects to, and decorate the final resting places, of family and friends. Many people—some with their Husbands or Wives—establish final instructions for themselves. No matter how carefully you—or you and your ...

High-Price Mess

Editor's Corner

One of the most significant lessons schools, governments and elected leaders were supposed to have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic revolved around the hazards that come with giving away cash. The first windfall allowed to happen in 2020 was in the form of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and ...

Is A Fence The Real Issue For St. Susan Center

In Our Opinion

Not everyone is in favor of all aspects of the St. Susan Center’s move from Water Street to downtown Jamestown. Zoning Board of Appeals members met recently to discuss a zoning variance requested by the center that would allow the center to locate refrigeration units closer to the property ...

Here’s To More Front Porch Days In Bemus Point

In Our Opinion

Recent news that the court-disputed sale of the Hotel Lenhart is, we hope, a good development for the village of Bemus Point and those who look forward each summer to spending lazy summer evenings on the iconic rocking chairs of the venerable lakefront hotel. The Hotel Lenhart has has been a ...

Readers’ Forum

Letters To The Editor

Restore Protected Status To Afghan Refugees To The Reader’s Forum: The Trump Administration just revoked temporary protected status for more than 9,000 Afghan refugees living in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced May 12th that conditions in Afghanistan ...