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Opinion

DEC’s Testing Of Mayville Soils Is Needed, Welcomed

In Our Opinion

Uncertainty over how the state DEC will administer its legislatively required work under the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act can sometimes color area residents’ perception of the DEC. But the agency’s work in Mayville underscores the agency’s importance on less controversial, but no ...

Anxiously Waiting For The Signs Of Spring

Local Commentaries

As March came in like a lion, I anxiously wait for the signs of Spring that are so familiar. When the grandchildren were young, we went outside as soon as it was comfortable. By comfortable I mean we had to wear jackets, but we could comfortably sit outside to eat our lunch. Many lunches were ...

Safety, Like Beauty, Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

In Our Opinion

Is Jamestown a safe place to live? It’s a question that pops up periodically in the city depending on what pops up in the police reports in a given month or which stage of union negotiations we happen to be in at any given time. Safety is a topic now after the union representing ...

When It Comes To Trump, Follow The Money

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: I just read this headline in a periodical I subscribe to that pretty much sums up the current administration: US President does infomercial at White House for company owned by his biggest political donor That donor, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla which Trump just did ...

Buffalo Grill History Should Be Preserved

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: The Buffalo Grill sits abandoned and condemned on the corner of Buffalo and East Second Streets. Close on the Buffalo Street side is one of Jamestown’s historical markers. The Buffalo Grill was built in 1826 by Darius and John Dexter as a stage coach stop on ...