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Mayor Moves Quickly In Hiring New Police Chief

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Quickly, quietly, Mayor Kim Ecklund has named a new Jamestown police chief. What a difference from the last time the city hired a police chief. For those who have forgotten, after the retirement of former chief Harry Snellings, the city cast a wide net to find a replacement. Candidates were brought in for multiple rounds of interviews. Not only did the process drag on for months, but the potential candidates were increasingly unlikely to uproot their lives in other, bigger cities to come to Jamestown. Eventually, members of the search committee pushed for Mayor Eddie Sundquist to name ...

Blakeman Paid Hefty Price For Campaign Rhetoric

In Our Opinion

Democrats spend so much time blustering about fair elections, we had assumed they actually believed in the concept. They proved last week they do not. On Tuesday, the state’s Public Campaign Finance Board chose to deny the application filed by Bruce Blakeman, Republican candidate for governor, to receive six-to-one public matching funds for individual campaign donations up to $250. Were the application fundamentally flawed, we could see denying the application. But that’s not what happened here. In December, the board created a joint filing requirement that both the governor ...

From Legends’ Mouths To Blue Bloods’ Pens

Local Commentaries

Throughout my life, as a parent, a teacher, a coach, as a churchgoer, and as an advisor when asked to be by others, I look for “magic” words that will help those whom I am raising, teaching, coaching, praying with, and/or advising. I try to think of ways to just say something I think will leave my lips and enter their minds for an assisting fix to their mission, dilemma, or cause. As my parents taught me throughout their lives as my parents, they would try and teach all of us, there are no magic words, there is no book of magic spells, there are no magic wands, or magic lamps, there ...

It’s Now Cool To Chill Out

Local Commentaries

Back in the 1960s, people were side-eyeing things like meditation, yoga, and “finding your inner self” as if someone had just suggested chatting with their toaster. Fast forward to now, and suddenly everyone has a morning mindfulness routine, a favorite breathwork app, and a strong opinion about Himalayan salt lamps. What was once “far out” is now basically a Tuesday. Even talking about energy, vibes, and intuition—once reserved for barefoot philosophers in fields—has made its way into boardrooms, brunch tables, and your neighbor’s Facebook captions. And let’s not ...

Resurrection Delivers Hope To All

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Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying ...

Spring Construction Starts On Bridge

Local Commentaries

If you have driven over the Chautauqua Lake Bridge lately, there are signs that spring construction work has started. The wooden railing along the centerline of the bridge to protect workers as they walk has been completed, cranes have started to put platform barges back into the water, and some more concrete removal has started on the south section on the Bemus side. From what I have heard, DOT officials are hoping to finish completing the restoration of the pavement and railings on the south side of the bridge this summer. If they can achieve that goal, then next winter we ...