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Ward 4 Residents Face A Difficult Choice Between Paterniti, Scotchmer

In Our Opinion

It’s almost too bad there can be only one City Council representative from Ward 4. Joe Paterniti, the incumbent Republican, has been a fresh voice the past two years on the council, bringing with him private sector experience, a willingness to speak up on behalf of those who have come to him with issues and, most importantly, common sense that is all too often lacking from our elected representatives. Doug Scotchmer, the endorsed Democrat, is a newcomer to elected politics but no stranger to residents of Ward 4 as is the husband of former Ward 4 councilwoman Marie Carrubba. While ...

Brackman Has Earned Another Two Years In Ward 3

In Our Opinion

Voters in Jamestown’s Ward 3 have a choice between incumbent Democrat Regina Brackman and newcomer Seth States, the Republican candidate. States wants to increase housing demolitions, clean up condemned homes, and do more to market Jamestown as a place to open new businesses with plenty of community events for families. Brackman similarly wants to do more to improve housing, pointing to the need for more code enforcement staff in the city Development Department, saying the staffing issues for code enforcement are just as acute as staffing needs in the police and fire departments. ...

Statewide Proposition Has Environmental Backing

In Our Opinion

When considering the only New York state proposition on the ballot this year, we look to the conservation groups for the best answer. The proposal amends the State Constitution and permits new Nordic ski and biathlon trails in the North Country. Development there requires Constitutional permission because the facility is in the Adirondack forest preserve and part of an Olympic Sports Complex in North Elba near Lake Placid in Essex County. The project touches up to 323 acres and the facility covers 1,039 acres. It also requires 2,500 new acres being added to the forest preserve. The ...

Excuse Me Doc, Can I Ask You A Few Questions?

Local Commentaries

In our walks through our lives, we find many people who have an itch to find out what we are thinking at certain moments or during certain events. Many of those people asking those questions, or taking those photos, that sometimes we’d rather not be photographed during these moments or events, are doing their jobs as all media reporters, or bloggers, or to make money on their side of the street through any means they use (paparazzi, investigative online reporters, blog reporters, webcasters, livestreams, streaming news channels, and the old-fashioned news reporters and writers, ...

A Few Things Worth Doing Before We Forget How

Local Commentaries

Maybe we should all start carrying a handkerchief again — not that I do, but I like the idea of something soft and real in a world that isn’t. Something you’d fold, wash, and keep. A reminder that care used to mean something, and could again. Here are a few other things we might try, while there’s still time to remember what being human feels like. Write thank-you notes. With a pen. On paper. Stamp and mail them. The words don’t have to be perfect — the act itself is what matters. It’s a small rebellion against the cold speed of the text message. Eat carrots. Real ...

What Could Be Worse Than Kings?

Local Commentaries

Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman told his party to stop with the Nazi and fascist rhetoric. That clearly went out the window at the recent “No Kings” protest. In Jamestown alone, signs labeling the president and MAGA as Nazis and fascists could be spotted everywhere you looked as in “Super callous fascist, racist, sexist, Nazi POTUS.” So much for Fetterman’s admonition. It’s no surprise to hear rumblings among Democrats to oust him in the next primary. The Nazi signs were outdone by vulgarities and obscenities lacing other signs. People carrying around ...