By this fall, it will be much easier for girls who want to play boys varsity sports to do so. That’s not a bad thing. Girls who can athletically compete should be able to do so without demeaning, invasive tests or having to do more to prove they are athletically capable than a boy of ...

President Joe Biden recently presented 19 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. One of the 19 recipients of the Medal of Freedom stood out to us as particularly noteworthy. Medgar Evers truly served his country — first in the U.S. Army, serving in combat during World War II, then ...

We’re encouraged by a bit of news from a recent Clymer Central School board meeting. Clymer board members are set to share an occupational therapist with Cassadaga Valley Central School. Such shared services are becoming more and more commonplace, and it’s good to see such partnerships ...

Joe Town’s request for a loading and unloading zone in front of his Third Street business is certainly understandable. It’s annoying to worry about feeding parking meters if you’re unloading restaurant supplies. It’s annoying to get a ticket because you get a phone call or find ...

State Taxation and Finance officials have conducted numerous adult use cannabis inspections in Jamestown and Ellicott. So far, they’ve only cited one business, a smoke shop on East Second Street that state officials found were selling illegal adult-use cannabis. We have no doubt there ...

Last week, we opined in this space that we’d prefer tough questions about projects be asked before money has been spent, not after. That opinion hasn’t changed. But we are encouraged by the fact that Councilmen Jeff Russell, R-At Large, Bill Reynolds, R-Ward 5, and Regina Brackman, ...