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Thoughts on Lakewood’s sidewalks, taxes, rentals

Local Commentaries

LAKEWOOD SIDEWALKS Jamestown just celebrated a great week with the hosting of the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival at the Comedy Center. It surprises me that during the comedy fest nothing was mentioned about the sidewalk installation in Lakewood. Because the sidewalk issue is a comedy. In a recent NYSDOT letter to the mayor of Lakewood it said and I quote "Installing sidewalk segments between Chautauqua Ave and Green St are not currently included in the preferred alternative." Since that letter was sent I have heard two different things that make me say, "What is the state doing"? ...

West Side Phase II sewers ready to go

Local Commentaries

This past week, a ribbon was cut and the county officially announced that the Sewer Extension Phase II for the West Side of Chautauqua Lake is now ready for hook-ups. If this had been a church setting, you might have been tempted to shout “Hallelujah!” or “Amen!” but, in any event, it was an important occasion. I don’t think that the general public realizes what it takes to bring such a large project of this type to fruition. A Sewer District expansion requires the approval of the municipalities involved. It also requires the creation of or expansion of sewer district ...

Weed Herbicides Biodegrade In Lakes

Local Commentaries

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE — Herbicides are an effective tool against weeds and algae in lakes, including Chautauqua Lake. Yet what happens to those herbicides once they’re introduced into a lake? That question arose at an Aug. 18 Chautauqua-Lake-focused public-information session in the Casino ...

Even at hospital shindig, political wounds don’t heal

Editor's Corner

Upbeat music played in the distance in anticipation of the arrival of New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul last week in Fredonia at the East Main Street site where a new north county hospital is being constructed. With the location basking in the sun, more than 100 community members and local ...

In Our Opinion

In Our Opinion

We’d say New York should throw out its recycling data, but we’re not sure if the paper would be recycled or end up in a landfill. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found the state DEC lacks reliable information on how much material is recycled across the state. Part of the problem is recycling facilities have submitted only about two-thirds of the required annual reports from January 2021 through December 2023. The facilities that did submit reports couldn’t always verify the information they did report. And, perhaps most troubling, of the reports that were submitted, ...

Public call for DRI, NY Forward grants is late in process

In Our Opinion

It’s good that local residents are getting an opportunity to have input in the plans for Jamestown’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative and Falconer’s $4.5 million NY Forward grant. Local planning committees have been created in Jamestown and Falconer, and local residents are now being asked to bring any project ideas they have to the committee for possible inclusion in the final plan for the state grants. In Jamestown, an open call for projects is taking place from Aug. 21 through Sept. 25, with an information session scheduled for Aug. 27 at the Robert H. Jackson ...