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Opinion

Opposition Shown For Airport Resolutions

In Our Opinion

It strikes us as a bit funny that fiscal common sense is finally starting to dawn on some county lawmakers when it comes to spending on the Chautauqua County Airport at Jamestown. Fred Johnson, R-Westfield, questioned the $212,000 cost of designs for a terminal apron and $469,920 for 34 new ...

Why Fulton Street Issues Should Matter To Entire City

In Our Opinion

Some readers may have a tough time understanding why conditions on Fulton Street have become such a point of discussion during recent City Council meetings. We would say, in defense of Fulton Street residents who are increasingly fed up with the mess that Fulton Street has become, that ...

Local Businesses Missing Out

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Sitting at the next table at a lunch restaurant here in Jamestown this week, sat a group of 6 young men. These young men were from “out of town” working at a local school doing part of a larger renovation. As a former development director for the County of ...

Ukraine: 42 Months of Assault By The Russian Bear

Local Commentaries

It is easy for Americans to ignore the ongoing war by Putin’s Russia against an independent, democratic Ukraine, desperate to be part of the West. Our cable tv news outlets feature almost everything other than the Russian war against Ukraine. We get extensive coverage of Jeffrey Epstein; ...

Staying Interested In The Weather

Local Commentaries

It started with me at an early age. Our farm was located on top of a hill, and we could see the weather coming from the west and then view it to the east as it descended upon Frewsburg and then into the hills around Frew Run and Bone Run. Weather became even more a part of my life when I ...