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Opinion

City Zoning Code Update Coming At A Good Time

In Our Opinion

Tiny homes have been eyed as a solution to some of Jamestown’s housing problems for years. But judging from last week’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, more work needs to be done before tiny home development is a serious part of Jamestown’s housing mix. City Development Department ...

Trump/Langworthy Voters Will Lose Benefits

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: I wrote this letter to Rep. Langworthy. What’s the rush to get the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed. Surely, you could take your time to make sure the negative drawbacks of the bill could be ironed out. The obvious, big problems with the bill are 1) that ...

Is It Really Name- Calling If It’s True?

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: To the recent commentator who admonished a friend to “quit calling voters you don’t agree with childish names” and in the next sentence affirmed his vote for Trump; I ask “are you serious?” There is a Wikipedia page listing all the eighth-grade names Mr. ...

A Lot Happening On Chautauqua Lake

Local Commentaries

If you live on the west side of Chautauqua Lake, you know that the season at Chautauqua Institution has arrived because the traffic on Route 394 has doubled. It is not just people traveling to Chautauqua for its programs, it is people from Chautauqua heading for Lakewood to shop and buy ...

Nuclear Chickens Come Home To Roost

Local Commentaries

In 2019, with great fanfare, then NY Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which Democrats claimed would usher in a new economic era in which New York State would lead the world in Net Zero (carbon free) electricity generation, and create a ...

Autism Increase Is ‘A Five Alarm Fire’: Speaker

In Our Opinion

CHAUTAUQUA—If you’re a ways along in life—whatever that might mean—think back to when you were in school. Do you recall any significant number of your schoolmates having autism? Do you recall any significant number of your schoolmates having other childhood illnesses prevalent ...