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Two programs - a local one that is establishing itself and a state program that awaits legislative approval - both come with the same goal of helping families and caregivers bring missing loved ones home. A.11614 was introduced in the state Assembly earlier this year by Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, D-Schenectady, after a June search for 7-year-old Harbe Nagi, an autistic and nonverbal boy who wandered away from a family gathering on Park Drive in Menands. The legislation would create a secure, voluntary statewide registry where individuals, parents, legal guardians and caregivers ...

Teacher shortage is no joke

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Over the past few years we’ve seen Jamestown and other school districts around the county struggle to fill positions. Clymer, as recently as August, was struggling to find a science teacher while examining dual enrollment opportunities for chemistry students. The district was also looking at digital learning opportunities for art classes and electives as well since the school didn’t have an art teacher for all grades. Jamestown was advertising for positions as late as August and has made no secret over the past couple of years about the struggle to fill open positions and the ...

In Our Opinion

In Our Opinion

Three city residents are asking the city to find a way to memorialize Tony Dolce, including one suggestion to place Dolce’s name on city hall. The city residents’ hearts are in the right place. Dolce made a big impact on Jamestown during his decades of public service, and some type of lasting memorial seems fitting after his unexpected passing in July. Between his service as a teacher at Jamestown High School, his three decades on the City Council and his work at Ss. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, he more than earned the recognition. But, while we’re in the process of ...

Appropriately Honoring Donald Trump's Memory

Letters To The Editor

To the Reader’s Forum: I just heard that Trump is considering renaming Lake Ontario, Lake America. Wow, that will show those socialist Canadians. What a bold move. This phony president is a child. I suggest that all freedom-loving, anti-authoritarian municipalities follow his lead by officially renaming their facilities The Donald J Trump Waste Treatment Plant. There would be so-named facilities all across the country to appropriately celebrate this incompetent president’s legacy, correctly shape his cultural memory, and communicate our shared values of democracy, decency, ...

A clear and present danger: merging Israel’s military with the U.S.

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To The Reader’s Forum: Recently the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which merges the US military industrial complex with Israel’s. The vote had to be disturbing, if not shocking, to the Israel Lobby which has counted on passage of the merger by a pliant Congress. The vote was 209 in favor, to 205 against. Though the Democrats, like the Republicans, are almost all recipients of AIPAC money, they voted as a bloc against passage of the $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, with only six Democrats voting with the GOP. Seven Republicans ...

New York just keeps losing

Local Commentaries

We already know New York has been losing more people than it has been gaining, and we know that New York is on a never-ending spending spree with our money, but now we know that New York has been steadily losing not just people, but specifically taxpayers, since 2015. The stunning report, recently released by our current state comptroller, very clearly shows New York has been suffering a net loss of taxpayers since 2015. As the Comptroller points out in his report, ‘personal income taxes are New York’s largest tax revenue source, accounting for more than one out of two tax dollars ...