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In Our Opinion

Faked Images Are A Growing Concern

Legal experts say faked sexual images of real people are so new that federal law dealing with the problem is lagging. The experience of a New Jersey high school should, however, motivate Congress and/or state legislatures to implement strong measures and penalties to battle this potentially ...

A Day That Lives In Infamy Is Also A Day That Showed Americans’ Resolve

Dec. 7, 1941, was one of the worst days in United States history. The attack on Pearl Harbor was not only stunning, it changed the lives of Americans for the next five years. For many, the connection to global events came from newspapers and the radio. It was on that Sunday afternoon, many ...

Use Additional Talks To Improve Relations Between State, Senecas

The state and Seneca Nation have kicked the can a little further down the road with a short-term extension of the gaming compact between the nation and state of New York. The 21-year-old gaming agreement was to expire on Saturday. The extension provides time for the sides to continue talking ...

Schumer Comes Through For City With Crawford Cleanup Help

Chuck Schumer, D-New York and U.S. Senate majority leader, has come through in a major way for Jamestown by securing EPA help clearing the former Crawford Furniture site. Cleanup costs have been pegged at around $5 million. The news came a little more than a year after a fire destroyed ...

County Deserves Credit For Moving Quickly On Shelters

The timing couldn’t have been worse to find out two emergency warming shelters in Jamestown weren’t going to reopen this winter. News broke just as the nights began turning colder and, to make matters worse, came during a transition from one mayoral administration to another. Give ...

A New Development Approach Is Needed To Boost City And Downtown

Not all shopping this first weekend of December is being done in retail stores or online. Mayor-elect Kim Ecklund has about a month to put her team together before January’s inauguration day - and perhaps the toughest item to find for the longtime City Councilwoman will be a development ...