Most people will admit Allen Park is perhaps the best remaining sledding hills there is in Jamestown. That distinction used to belong to College Park, but construction of dorms on the Jamestown Community College left Allen Park as the - no pun intended - king of the hills. Until a ...

It was interesting to see Dave Wilfong, R-Jamestown and new Chautauqua County Legislature majority leader, talk about working to improve the relationship between the city and county. A better relationship would be a much better situation for everyone involved than the war of words that had ...

Until about three years ago, there was always a sense of pain using the New York State Thruway. Getting to the interstate meant driving through toll booths. It was an understanding that either now — or later — you were going to pay. Without those toll booths — and tickets that went away ...

At first glance, one would wonder why the second priority on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State tour is reading instruction. That should be the purview of the state Education Department and the state Board of Regents. But, earlier this week, there was Hochul in Watervliet touting ...

America’s current political climate already is portending that 2024 could end up being one of this nation’s most ugly years ever. What a terrible observation on which to welcome or anchor a new year, but it is true. This country is engaged in a dangerous “game” inside politics that ...

Chautauqua County officials recently decided not to update its 2021 countywide shared services plan, opting instead to reassess the plan this year. It’s a decision with which we disagree. Several of the projects in the 2021 plan are nice projects that help local towns and villages share ...