A new fire district in the Mayville area will provide an interesting test case for many rural volunteer fire companies in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties. The Mayville, Hartfield and Dewittville fire departments are likely to have a merger completed by sometime in early July. The new ...

Society cannot prevent the maltreatment of children no matter how hard it tries. Not even a veritable army of Child Protective Services workers would be enough to be able to prevent the abuse inflicted on some children by the adults in their lives. Knowing that we cannot prevent adults ...

If we had them to give, we’d give Sam Ognibene 40,000 thumbs up for his work spearheading an effort that led to 40,000 pounds of food to the St. Susan Center. Ognibene is no stranger to taking part in causes and events that help others, but his efforts to help secure the donation from the ...

Councilman Jeff Russell’s frustration with cost overruns on the city’s fleet maintenance garage and conversion to new financial management software was evident last week. Every additional dollar the city has to spend on the two projects is money that can’t be spent on something else ...

It’s been readily apparent to anyone attempting to buy a home the past few years that buying a house isn’t cheap in the Jamestown area anymore. There is a reason there has been such a visible increase in the number of people who need the county’s help finding emergency housing in area ...

It’s not just a United States thing; there are smokers around the world who wish they never had taken “that first puff” of a cigarette — for health or other reasons, including the cost of continuing what many call a habit. Regardless, smokers throughout this planet who have access to ...