The recent flooding at the Audubon Community Nature Center provided a rare opportunity. With water a foot deep on many parts of the property, wildlife became concentrated on the high parts of the forest. Many animals had nowhere else to go without swimming, so I took advantage of the wet by ...
I was reminded this week how much of life is a balancing act — a metaphorical rope that varies in width depending on circumstances sometimes outside of your control. When things are running at an optimum pace, the rope is wide ... sometimes you can do (try and do) cartwheels on the rope. And ...
Amish people are an interesting lot. They are real people, just like everyone else. They have all of the human needs and wants, and they have the same human intelligence to fill those needs, but they also feel a need for cultural resistance, to be separate from the modern world and its ideas ...
Here’s one more aspect of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tuition-free state college proposal that needs to be addressed. Our area has struggled with the so-called “brain drain.” Students get a K-12 education here, go off to college and find jobs in other parts of the country. If somehow, some ...
We hope state legislators approve a tax incentive for redevelopment of vacant or condemned properties in Jamestown. Vince DeJoy recently discussed the program with Jamestown City Council Housing Committee members. It would include single or two-family residential properties that are vacant, ...
To The Readers Forum: 2017 is upon us and we can’t go back to change 2016. While I wish Hillary Clinton was to be sworn in as President, there is no doubt that Donald Trump is the catalyst for political activism that I have not seen in many years, which may be very good for America. The New ...
Slowly but surely, a network of drug addiction treatment resources is being built here in Chautauqua County. The latest addition came last week with the announcement that WCA Hospital has received $700,000 to build a 20-bed, long-term residential treatment program at the Jones Memorial Health ...
As I drove in to work Tuesday, the sky was overcast, the rain spilled out over my windshield and the sun was nowhere to be found. But, somehow, my heart was filled with a quiet joy. Maybe it was because it wasn’t snowing, or because it was warm enough for one coat to suffice – I’m not ...
It’s been roughly 50 years since Jamestown started down the path of urban renewal. Whether that path was a good one to take is still open to debate. As we have learned from the yearly gatherings of the Lost Neighborhood — which ended this year after nearly a decade of observances — the ...
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly told U.S. senators this week that if they confirm him as the nation’s next leader of the Department of Homeland Security, his top priority will be closing the nation’s borders to “illegal movement of people and things.” Given what his potential boss, ...
The news of our world is saturated with serious business. Wars, famine, climate change, politics. I can go on longer. I listen professionally to the seriousness of clients presenting problems. My silliness with family, friends and yes, sometimes strangers, enables me touch in on the lighter ...
It’s been seven years and a few odd months that I’ve been fortunate to be able to write this column. In that time, I have received face to face remarks, written cards and letters, Facebook comments and messages, online statements, and text and email communications, all ranging from ...
Have any of you made fruit soup? I used to make it quite often as a side dish when I made rice pudding. This is nothing like the cold soups that they serve on cruises, but it is very good. I used to buy a pound package of mixed dried fruit for the base. That contained dried prunes, peaches, ...
We’re pretty much acquainted with the Ides — and, yes, they do occur other months besides March though that of course was an especially unlucky date for Julius Caesar. I stand corrected. (Thank you, Mr. Webster.) The ides are the 15th day of March, May, July or October or (get this: on) ...
Are you ready to feel better about our city? Then be sure to check out the newly released promotional video “Hello, Jamestown, NY” at www.jamestownupclose.com. The video is a compilation of stories and activities that likely will spark an interest in Jamestown and surroundings, but just ...
Uncharted TerritoryOne of the exciting aspects of being alive in 2016/2017 is that we have witnessed a lot of “firsts” in American politics. It is the first time that we have elected a person with no governmental experience to the highest office in the land. It is also a “first” ...
Time and again President-elect Donald J. Trump has disparaged the U.S. Intelligence Community for concluding Russia was responsible for the 2016 election “hack and leak” campaign. Trump has attacked the Intelligence Community’s investigation, competence and motivations. Even after full, ...
Last week, The Post-Journal asked readers whether or not the National Comedy Center would become a catalyst for downtown revitalization. Sadly, by a margin of 68 to 32 percent, readers said that it would not. Is this not a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure? There is no greater assurance of ...
Thumbs up to Michael E. Hill, the newly-appointed president of Chautauqua Institution who spoke earlier this week in a meet-and-greet event by the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. Hill touted the intuition’s footprint within the region and noted the further possibilities that could be ...
If there’s one thing you learn on tours involving history, it’s that human nature doesn’t seem to change. The same inclinations beseeched the Roman conquerers that stirred the Spanish conquistadors and led Alexander east to India and Napoleon marauding the heart of Europe. Throughout ...