The Downtown Jamestown Cruise-In leads a charmed life. The longtime event was nearly canceled roughly a decade ago after the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation decided it could no longer organize the event. The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce, now known as CHQ Chamber, stepped in to save the ...
State and federal politicians have spent the past seven months lobbing accusations back and forth about how federal policy will hurt those who depend on federal programs. But last week we were reminded again that often, the thing that hurts local residents the most is politics itself. At ...
I got a message on Facebook that said – and I am paraphrasing here- If you grew up in the era where you went out each morning and did not come home until dark you grew up in the best of times. I think that is true. When I think back to the way it was when I grew up, I am in awe of the ...
It took years of painstaking work for Jamestown’s first cannabis dispensary to open. Lifted is set to celebrate its first anniversary in August - but in the past year the Main Street shop has been joined by Bob Natural Cannabis Dispensary on East Second Street, the Yeti Greenery in the ...
In 2025, the United States has essentially imposed, for the first time, a 10% national sales tax on the wholesale value of everything imported into our country. Even agricultural products that we do not produce in the United States are now faced with a minimum 10% tariff, which ultimately is ...
Life can sometimes get complex when things look the same. The other day, for example, my wife went to the lecture at Chautauqua and took a rollator...essentially a walker with four wheels that helps out when you have a limp or a bad leg. When she got home that day, she realized that the ...