Over time, we’ve tried very hard to make things as easy for our children as possible, short of doing everything for them. Sometimes, we had to say, “no” to things. Sometimes, we had to make them do for themselves, but where we could, and still can, we try to help them as much as ...
There was a time when a ringing telephone meant something. Someone wanted you. The phone rang in the kitchen and everybody heard it. If you were a teenager, you might sprint 100 miles an hour from another room to get there before your mother did. There was no caller ID. No advance warning. You ...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and as a part of that, the Salvation Army Anew Center is handing out purple lights to local people and businesses to “paint the town purple” next month. Lights began being handed out Wednesday. Linda Cecchetti, Anew Center Prevention Education team lead, said this year is an expansion on what the center did last year. “We started this last year,” Cecchetti said. “October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and that is what the Anew Center is all about, helping people that are in a domestic violence situation. Purple is the ...
The Jamestown High School Marching Band will host its 47th annual Fall Festival of Bands starting at noon Saturday, Sept. 26, at Strider Field. The JHS Marching Band will perform its 2026 show “Paint It Black.” “This year's show is a dramatic, western-inspired show that tells the ...
Maybe it is time for Dunkirk’s elected leaders to revisit a survey taken last winter regarding a financial future for the cash-strapped municipality. That poll, commissioned by state Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, found that of 178 city residents questioned, 68% ...
The city of Dunkirk’s government has been designated as facing the highest category of financial stress in a regular report released today by the State Comptroller’s office. The office reports twice a year on financial stress faced by municipalities across the state, excluding New York City. Dunkirk’s government was one of five in the most severe category, “significant financial stress.” A total of 15 local governments were designated in stress for their local fiscal years ending in 2025, according to the report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. ...
