Whether one is a member or not, we think most city residents would agree that the Jamestown YMCA serves an important function for many city residents - particularly youth. So it’s concerning to see that a second project to replace the YMCA’s historic Fourth Street headquarters is falling ...

Americans today tend to have a short attention span. Important news often is quickly overshadowed by the latest nonsense posing as news that captures the nation’s attention. Yet some events are of such a magnitude that they remain seared in our memories. The attack at Pearl Harbor. Troops ...

There is no smoking gun that explains why the Serta Simmons Bedding plant at the Mason Industrial Park in Falconer is closing. The plant’s closure is the confluence of factors far beyond local control. Serta has been in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization over the past two ...

It strikes us as a bit funny that fiscal common sense is finally starting to dawn on some county lawmakers when it comes to spending on the Chautauqua County Airport at Jamestown. Fred Johnson, R-Westfield, questioned the $212,000 cost of designs for a terminal apron and $469,920 for 34 new ...

The Post-Journal recently recapped the number of arrests tied to Joseph Zaso, a Jamestown man who has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges involving heroin and fentanyl.. Zaso, also known as Joey Cracks, was first federally indicted on June 7, 2022, with using and maintaining a ...

Some readers may have a tough time understanding why conditions on Fulton Street have become such a point of discussion during recent City Council meetings. We would say, in defense of Fulton Street residents who are increasingly fed up with the mess that Fulton Street has become, that ...