It’s hard to say upstate New York is entirely shortchanged in the state budget when one looks at the massive amounts of state education aid that pour into our county’s schools year after year. But Assemblyman Andrew Goodell is right when he says there are some areas where our area is ...
Back in 1966, the Beatles asked in “Eleanor Rigby” where all the lonely people came from and where they all belong. Fifty-seven years later, the question remains just as pertinent and, in the estimation of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, even more urgent. According to a report ...
City Council members met with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials this week to have questions answered regarding a $1.8 million SAFER grant to pay for eight additional firefighters. Council members had several questions, including whether or not the city would be required to hire ...
It was certainly surprising to learn Jamestown has nearly $1 million in unspent federal HOME program money sitting in the bank. One would think a city with the housing issues Jamestown faces wouldn’t have that much federal aid waiting to be spent, especially with the popularity and success ...
Early Thursday morning was a perfect storm for the Jamestown police and fire departments. In addition to the regular EMS response duties and police calls that come in overnight, city firefighters had a working structure fire at Danielson Oil Co. on Crescent Street and then an intentionally ...
New York state already does a good job limiting the use of seeds treated with pesticides. Called neonicotinoids, these treated seeds aren’t available over the counter and the DEC allows them to be used only by qualified professional applicators in targeted instances where the presence of ...