City Council members made the right decision, in our view, by not backing bike lanes on East Second Street at the expense of on-street parking for businesses and homes on the southwest side of the street. As we’ve stated, removing the on-street parking on the 1.75-mile stretch of road ...

Chautauqua County’s addition of EMS fly cars has been a literal lifesaver for many in Chautauqua County. The system, which is backed by county taxpayers, has taken some of the pressure off of many of the county’s rural fire departments that have struggled over the years to recruit new ...

It would be a shame to see a major change to the Jamestown High School marching band. The JHS marching band has earned five championships in its recent history - 1992, 2002, 2014, 2015 and 2018 - in a history that dates back to 1924. But it was really in the late 1980s that the Jamestown ...

City Council members are poised to vote tonight on a proposal to eliminate parking on the southwest side of East Second Street from East Fourth Street to Tiffany Avenue. The proposal calls for a dedicated bike lane to be added to the eastbound lane of East Second Street while the westbound ...

We’ve been talking for years about the idea of countywide code enforcement. It’s time to stop talking and start doing. Countywide code enforcement was included in the county’s 2021 Countywide Shared Services Initiative - an initiative launched by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2017. ...

The good news — and it is good news — is that production of domestic oil has increased by about 1.6 million barrels a day in the past three years. Increases in oil and natural gas production allow the U.S. to provide affordable energy to families and businesses and reduce the potential ...