Oswego and Chautauqua counties share a number of similarities. For starters, in terms of population, Chautauqua ranks 23rd out of 62 New York state counties with 124,000 residents while Oswego is 24th with 118,000. Both also are located along shorelines of the Great Lakes — Lake Erie here, ...
Americans today tend to have a short attention span. Important news often is quickly overshadowed by the latest nonsense posing as news that captures the nation’s attention. Yet some events are of such a magnitude that they remain seared in our memories. The attack at Pearl Harbor. Troops ...
There is no smoking gun that explains why the Serta Simmons Bedding plant at the Mason Industrial Park in Falconer is closing. The plant’s closure is the confluence of factors far beyond local control. Serta has been in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization over the past two ...
It strikes us as a bit funny that fiscal common sense is finally starting to dawn on some county lawmakers when it comes to spending on the Chautauqua County Airport at Jamestown. Fred Johnson, R-Westfield, questioned the $212,000 cost of designs for a terminal apron and $469,920 for 34 new ...
The Post-Journal recently recapped the number of arrests tied to Joseph Zaso, a Jamestown man who has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges involving heroin and fentanyl.. Zaso, also known as Joey Cracks, was first federally indicted on June 7, 2022, with using and maintaining a ...
Some readers may have a tough time understanding why conditions on Fulton Street have become such a point of discussion during recent City Council meetings. We would say, in defense of Fulton Street residents who are increasingly fed up with the mess that Fulton Street has become, that ...