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War With Iran Is A Deflection Tactic To The Readers’ Forum: And so it begins … war with Iran. Is Iran a “good” country? Trump says Khomeini is bad. Does Iran want to befriend its own people? So, what is the reason for American involvement? There seems to be no good answer. Some say it’s because Iran does not support its people’s wishes, but U.S. government agencies (ICE) kill unarmed American citizens against Americans’ wishes. Some say it’s that Iran could have missiles that might reach the U.S., but there is no such evidence. Some say Iran could have weapons-grade ...

County Is Stepping Up On Municipal Merger Proposals

In Our Opinion

Too often, we look to New York state government for money to help solve our problems. One of those problems has been the merger of local governments and school districts. We still don’t think the state has been proactive enough on that front, particularly after the 2008-09 Lundine Commission’s recommendations focused on local government consolidation. And we’ve been critical in the past of the county not pushing harder when it comes to shared services proposals. So it’s hard to criticize County Executive PJ Wendel for finding county money to help with two current merger ...

It’s Up To The Community To Save Ribfest

In Our Opinion

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. An event with a familiar name struggles to get volunteers after years of successful operation. Or, organizers decide they want to focus on other things and make the decision to cut their losses. In either case, the community that didn’t hear the pleas for volunteers before the announcement ends up swooping in at the last minute to save the event. It’s becoming an all too familiar tale in Chautauqua County. The Downtown Jamestown Cruise-In, Mayville’s Winterfest, Jamestown’s holiday parade, the turning of the Chadakoin River Green. ...

Forgetting Everything? Well, Join The Club.

Local Commentaries

My mother had a saying that I heard all too often during my childhood: “You’d forget your head if it wasn’t attached.” Sadly, she was right. I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of my whole life looking for what I have lost, misplaced, or simply forgotten. No, it’s not just ordinary car keys or reading glasses. Or please, God, my cell phone. I was a latchkey kid who couldn’t hang onto house keys. I lost keys at a rate that made the hardware store man shake his head. I was a regular customer at age eight. And mittens? Snow hats? Library books? I forgot them all, the ...

Koenigsegg - What Kind Of Name Is That?

Local Commentaries

It’s not an easy name to pronounce accurately especially if you don’t know the name, origin or history but regardless of your knowledge, the fact still stands that a Koenigsegg or Koenigsegg Automotive is a Swedish manufacturer of high performance super cars (mega cars); derived from a 22 year-old visionary named Christian Von Koenigsegg in 1994 with the goal of building the greatest super sports cars the world has ever seen. With roughly 255 Koenigseggs worldwide at a price between 1.7 and 2.8 million the likelihood of coming across one of these unparalleled carbon fiber ...

State’s Economy Drives Out Businesses, People

Local Commentaries

Across New York, families and businesses are facing an affordability crisis that is making it increasingly difficult to live, work, and stay here. High taxes, rising energy costs, burdensome regulations and the ever-growing cost of living are pushing people to leave the state. The data tells a troubling story. Since Governor Kathy Hochul took office in 2021, more than 1,045,000 people have left New York for other states through domestic migration. Recent data shows that in just the past year alone, New York lost more than 137,000 residents to other states, bringing the five-year total ...