It’s easy for discussion over the region’s population loss to feel as if it has no stakes. That’s because population loss tends to happen more like a trickle than a burst pipe. But it’s there nonetheless, our population dripping away like a leaky faucet. Jamestown’s population in ...
What is the Christian perspective on immigration? Could the Statue of Liberty give us a clue? “Yes, the torch of Lady Liberty symbolizes our freedom and represents our heritage, the compact with our parents, our grandparents, and our ancestors. It is that lady who gives us our great and ...
There have been five U.S. Presidents who received the popular votes for U. S. president and didn’t end up winning the election. In both 2000 and 2016 Al Gore and Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and lost the presidency through the Electoral College, a system that first came about ...
It seems like eons ago when Joe Biden was still a candidate, and the election seemed over. After the June debate, it was clear that he could no longer articulate and lead a campaign for the Presidency. Biden eventually stepped aside, and endorsed his Vice President, Kamala Harris, to be the ...
JAMESTOWN—As a choir warms up in Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown, the choir’s voices begin to fill the air. One can hardly help wondering whether this is what Heaven sounds like. Or looks like. In this historic sanctuary, images of faith abound. Along the ...
Flush with cash, Chautauqua County legislators at the October meeting had a decision to make. It involved your money. Should local lawmakers give property owners back some $2 million of nearly $40 million in reserves in 2025 and lower the tax levy or should they continue to hoard the big ...