To The Reader’s Forum; That’s an interesting idea that Vermont has and The Post-Journal supports (editorial December 9) for school district consolidation. Consolidate “voluntarily” or the state will consolidate the schools anyhow. Sort of like our current school budget options: vote ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The Board of Directors of the Chautauqua Lake Partnership (Partnership) appreciates The Post-Journal coverage of our public program presented at the James Prendergast Library on December 5, 2018. However, we do take exception to two very important aspects of the ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I read your article discussing how retired state Supreme Court Justice Salvatore R. Martoche lost his daughter due to an overdose; also about how he opposes the legalization of marijuana. First of all, he and his family have my deepest, yet unified, sympathy. I also ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I will be formally retiring, effective Dec. 20, 2018. It has been my extreme honor and privilege to serve you, your children and your children’s children as your chiropractor. While Lori and I move toward new adventures, the office will continue to provide ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I was mystified to read Mr. Norman P. Carlson’s Reader’s Forum contribution on Dec. 1, 2018 regarding the designation of “The Pearl City” often associated with Jamestown. In my own Reader’s Forum submission of Nov.27, 2018, I had quoted a website that ...
To the Reader’s Forum: These are the words of Mr. Trump explaining, when he was the presumptive nominee for president, why he was dealing with Russian officials while lying about it to the American people: “I was campaigning. There was a good chance that I wouldn’t have won, in which ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I have lived in Chautauqua County for almost 70 years. In the 1960s and 1970s we sprayed the lake for weeds and have never seen fish killed by the herbicide. Now that we only spray small areas of the lake weeds prosper in those that don’t. Some suggestions: ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Jamestown was first called The Pearl City in the 1880’s, decades after the ash trade was over. I’ve asked the city to take that accursed error off their web site. Chautauqua does not mean bag tied in the middle. George Washington never came closer than 15 miles ...
To The Reader’s Forum: There are very few heroes in economics but for me the best of the best was Nikolai Kondratieff, who was shot by firing squad on the orders of Stalin in 1938. His execution was ordered because his academic work propounded that the capitalist system would survive the ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I think this is the appropriate time of year to offer my thanks to a group of unsung heroes who live here in our community, but all too often are taken for granted. The group I refer to are the first responders here in Jamestown; EMT’s, Starflight pilots and flight ...
To The Reader’s Forum: District Attorney Patrick Swanson recently appeared before the Public Safety committee, and requested support for a Resolution which would allow him to hire up to 4 assistant district attorneys from outside Chautauqua County. The reasons Mr. Swanson cited for ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I was recently reminiscing about a childhood memory of a name given to Jamestown — The Pearl City. I have often wondered about this name. A quick search on the internet revealed this about Jamestown’s history in the early 1800s: “During the clearing of the ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The year was 1918. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice to end World War I was signed. Ten million military personnel had died. In Germany, one in three men who had been aged 19 to 22 when the war started was dead by November 1918. In ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Several weeks have passed since the voters of Chautauqua County cast their ballots in the 2018 mid-term election which included who our next sheriff would be in this county. I was a volunteer for Sheriff Joe’s campaign and came to know Joe not only as a dedicated ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The lights are off and the curtains are all down, but the memories remain. The recent production of “Mamma Mia” performed at the Lucille Ball Little Theatre was truly memorable. Attendance eclipsed all productions going back over 30 years. It was indeed “the ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I am writing in regard to a letter to the Reader’s Forum titled “You Should Reconsider Evil Halloween Decorations.” I feel certain that we all love the wonderful things about autumn. However, I take a very differnet view than the writer about Halloween. It ...
To The Reader’s Forum: “It’s Disheartening.” This was a very appropriate title for a front-page photo by Eric Zavinski in the November 9, 2018, Post-Journal. The photo and subsequent article detailed the suffocation of Chautauqua Lake fish species by enormous masses of invasive ...
To The Reader’s Forum; As the Westfield Republican Committee Chairman, it was so nice to see the municipal parking lot on Elm Street full of cars on Election Day Tuesday with people streaming into Eason Hall to vote. Turnout was high, beginning first thing in the morning and continuing ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Regarding the lady with three grandsons — your generosity is greatly appreciated by this writer. Following Sunday church service my usual stop at McDonald’s East Second Street location for a coffee and fish sandwich. What a pleasant, unexpected surprise to learn ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The members of American Legion Auxiliary Samuel L. Derby Post #556 would like to express our sincere appreciation for the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. Thank you for serving this great country. Thank you for protecting us. Thank you ...