What good is a village if it doesn’t look after the safety and well-being of its citizens? We’re sure 10 Celoron residents on Butler Avenue and Seventh Street are asking themselves that question after waiting three years for the village to figure out the best way to help the residents ...
The future belongs to full electric (EV) or plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles because they make very good economic sense even in this period of low gas prices. There are many different types of vehicles on the road and people have different driving needs and habits but we can use ...
Clean water is a necessity of life, not something we can choose to refuse. We the People of this country have worked hard together to make sure we have clean water to drink, and we are blessed in most parts of this country to have lots of fresh water. So when residents of two streets in ...
As the opioid crisis continues to take more lives here in Chautauqua County, I commend both the Post-Journal and Observer for reporting on efforts to combat this expanding scourge. It is important to educate the community as to the extent of the problem, as well as inform them of measures being ...
While I sit here preparing to attend the funeral service of a second Past President of the Cattaraugus County Volunteer Firefighters Association in the past month (Bill Pratt of Otto on 6/28 and Gary Wuethrich of Weston Mills on 6/14), I started to think about how the timing of this service ...
The recent reversal of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction is just the latest reason why New York state needs tougher ethics laws. Silver had been convicted, in short, for his role in a three-part scheme that used his position as Assembly Speaker to make ...
Interest rates will be allowed to continue rising, but gradually, later this year, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen told members of Congress on Wednesday. The economy is improving, meaning the Fed’s longstanding policy of holding interest rates at basement levels is no longer ...
To the Reader’s Forum: I have to disagree with the 86 percent of the respondents who voted no to the question in Monday’s July 10th Post-Journal article, “Will the Buffalo Opioid Court Work?” I feel I can speak from experience on this subject having, lost my son, Terry, 23 years ...
Three audits released last week by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli should give even the most ardent Democrat reason pause regarding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s threatened Faso-Collins Medicaid tax. Cuomo has threatened the tax in retaliation for legislation introduced by Republican Congressmen John ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Saturday’s Article (July 15, 2017) by Margot Russell “ So You Want To Go To Sweden?” was a delight to read, especially for me, since I just visited there in April. This was my second visit ,and I was just as impressed with the country as was Ms. Russell. My ...
It shouldn’t take weeks or months to get a state parole violator to be moved to a state correctional facility, but it does. That means $76 a day of local tax dollars and local jail space are being used to house, feed and care for each jail inmate awaiting a parole hearing who rightfully ...
Health care reformers, not to mention tens of millions of other Americans who understand money does not grow on trees, are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. The rock is this: President Barack Obama’s signature health care takeover law encouraged states to expand the ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Before I went to the WCA lab for some blood work yesterday, I never realized how badly we need a single payer health care system. Maybe it was the association with Pittsburgh, but for some reason the beaurocracy and the paperwork has multiplied. The receptionists are ...
While states like New York continue to fight against the opioid epidemic ravaging this country, in Washington House and Senate Republicans instead continue their assault on Americans living through this crisis. The health care legislation being advanced in the Senate would strip Medicaid ...
I see it everywhere I go: We need better job opportunities in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes. People regularly tell me about how their children and grandchildren have left because they cannot find good jobs where they grew up. We need to help people get the training they need for the jobs ...
Carl Paladino wants to know why a local committee’s decision to use $1.5 million for his project to restore the Furniture Mart building on West Second Street, Jamestown, was reversed by New York state. Given the lack of transparency in the final stages of the DRI process, Paladino has a ...
At a recent Ripley Town Board meeting, a book I authored, “Killing Ripley II,” was discussed. The board wanted the Grape Discovery Center in Westfield to stop selling my book. The OBSERVER and the Westfield Republican newspapers covered and reported the meeting. Apparently the board ...
Thumbs up to County Executive Vince Horrigan’s 100 Days of Summer Safety Campaign. Thus far, Horrigan has focused on boating, bicycling and how to be safe around tractors and buggies. Many of us have heard the information dozens of times before, but it’s important to keep these safety ...
To The Reader’s Forum: One man’s incongruous ideology should not be permitted to determine the fate of mnay, nor suppress and plunder a nation of great people. The first thing that comes to mind regarding the North Korean missile tests is why aren’t these missiles being shot down ...
Chautauqua Institution often lines up a fascinating array of speakers who discuss many of the pressing issues facing our society. This week, the institution’s morning lecture series focuses on Crises of Faith. The topic meshes well with Chautauqua’s mission of bringing people of ...