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Opinion

Brady Is An Excellent Choice

Local Commentaries

ORCHARD PARK—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. To be sure, dismissing a nine-year, grade-A head coach because one wants to do even better has its risks. On Jan. 21, Buffalo Bills’ owner Terry Pegula acknowledged as much. The Bills’ most important task this off season is ...

There Is Guilt Galore In Dunkirk’s Money Mess

Editor's Corner

You could call it a destructive trifecta. For the third time in less than 15 years, money has gone missing in the city of Dunkirk. At the moment, Mark Woods is the latest offender. According to a press release issued last week by both state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Chautauqua County ...

Gov. Hochul’s Budget Could Get Worse

In Our Opinion

It should say something to Democrats in the state Legislature that Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli already has reservations about state spending in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2026-27 budget proposal. The budget increases all funds spending to $260 billion in 2027 while the state’s operating budget ...

County Dems Plan Is Good Talking Point

In Our Opinion

We don’t expect to see a plan being discussed proposed tonight by legislative Democrats to be taken seriously by Republicans in the Chautauqua County Legislature. It’s pretty early to make such commitments, especially in an environment when federal and state funding for programs used by ...

Painting The Portrait Of A Very Large Waste Of Time

In Our Opinion

Clymer Central School officials are in the midst of fulfilling the state’s requirement of a Portrait of a Graduate. Released in July 2025, the Portrait of a Graduate is part of the state’s new graduation requirements. The portrait provides a vision of what it means to be a graduate in ...

Transitional Housing Sites Fill Void In City

In Our Opinion

The city’s newest transitional housing site will open this week. First House is a partnership between the YWCA of Jamestown and First Lutheran Church that will provide women, and their children, with a safe and stable location in the former First Lutheran Church parsonage. It’s a good ...