Jennifer Sasso has filed a lengthy response to Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz’s lawsuit against her. The 169-page court filing by the former city dog control officer contains 21 points of defense and four counterclaims against the mayor. The filing demands dismissal of Wdowiasz’s suit that ...
Students at Bemus Point and Chautauqua Lake elementary schools didn’t let the temporary end of Chautauqua Institution’s Battle of the Books postpone their reading fun. The schools came together recently for their own brainy battle. It was the latest collaboration between the Bemus Point ...
Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education held its 2026-27 budget hearing Tuesday at Persell Middle School, and no district voters were in attendance to comment. The board adopted its $120,898,274 budget in April. According to Brittnay Spry, JPS assistant superintendent of finance and ...
As we recently celebrated National Teacher Week, and honored those leaders of the classroom, it brought to mind how much teachers do, and how much they do, and how grateful some are for our teachers, but also, how much they are overworked, underpaid, under-respected, and under-appreciated, in ...
I’ve been hearing more people use the phrase “Generation Jones,” to describe my generation from 1954 to 1965. And every time I do, I think: finally. Someone found the missing file folder. For years, people my age were simply thrown into the gigantic catch-all category known as the Baby ...
Today is Mother’s Day. As I write this, on May 10, I’ve learned it’s also National Shrimp Day. Wh-a-a-a-t? Today is Mother’s Day. Period. How can it be anything else? Turns out it’s the date that determines these festive days. Every second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. But every ...