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Giving thanks for those who grow Lakewood’s flowers

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: I am writing this in regard to the flowers that cover Chautauqua Avenue in Lakewood all the way from Fairmount Ave to Hartley Park. There are a number of people that deserve a thanks. Number one is Mike from Mikes Nursery. Year after year Mike donates all the flowers that are seen planted in all the flower boxes in the main business avenue. Also the Lakewood sign area at the top of Chautauqua Avenue is full of different flowers. At Harley Park in the new flower area it is also filled with beautiful different flowers. Thank you, Mike. To Jim at the DPW, it ...

Langworthy has earned two more years in Congress

In Our Opinion

Facing long odds in the race for Congressional District 23, challenger Aaron Gies is to be commended for his tireless efforts on the campaign trail over the last four months. He has held numerous town hall meetings from Erie to Tioga County during the summer and fall. His major talking points at the meetings are all hot-button issues this election. Those include health care, education and preserving the region’s agricultural base. “I am running for Congress because I believe every person in this district deserves to have a representative who shows up, listens, and works with ...

The fragility of human institutions

Local Commentaries

This is not an uplifting subject to write about. If you are having a bad day, just put it off or forget about reading it. What it deals with is the reality of how fragile and easily broken can be those institutions which frame our lives. Probably the best example is marriage. It can be easily entered into but its lastingness is not a given. Marriage is a fragile human institution which can easily give way to disharmony, discord and divorce. Business organizations, partnerships, and professional associations have all been created to promote human activity and cooperation towards a ...

Ward 2 residents have tough choice between Bigelow, Sample

In Our Opinion

For residents of Jamestown’s north side, this election season’s choice between Bryan Bigelow and Jason Sample presents a difficult decision. Bigelow follows more closely in the path set by longtime ward councilman Tony Dolce. Bigelow has found himself to be deliberative on issues that have come before the council during his short time in office. On matters like abolishing the Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission, Bigelow has taken information from those who oppose changing the charter to remove the commission and those who favor keeping it, reached out to majority ...

No escape hatch for unsustainable city pacts

Editor's Corner

Chautauqua County’s two cities remain pressure cookers for administrators who have to account for the big bucks. Within the past two weeks, both mayors announced spending plans that include tax increases that their councils will likely try to whittle down. In Jamestown, the budget totals ...

Clymer Amish return to Supreme Court

Local Commentaries

CLYMER—In a challenge to New York law, freedom of religion is before the U.S. Supreme Court. Among the challengers, according to court filings, are Shady Lane School in Clymer and Clymer-resident Joseph Miller, a school-board member with children attending the school. Our neighbors in ...