There is genuine excitement each year when the National Comedy Center announces its headliner events for the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. This year’s announcement of Jerry Seinfeld, Seth Meyers and Bert Kreischer as the 2026 festival headliners was no different. The festival draws ...
The city of Jamestown recently paid more than $30,000 in back taxes for the privilege of taking control of 12 parcels that had been foreclosed upon by Chautauqua County. Why, you may ask, would the city do that? The answer is because the city had little choice. The parcels are located ...
It’s encouraging to hear that residents of Fulton Street in Jamestown see conditions on the street improving. No one should have to deal with the types of issues that neighborhood residents have dealt with over the past couple of years. The demolition of some vacant houses has helped, as ...
Springtime is upon us with sights of up-shooting tulips, trees budding, signs of daffodils, a little chill (COLD) in the air, and the feel of returning sunshine. It’s a time of hearing returned robins, children playing outside, and the call of “Play” by umpires at all levels, followed ...
In the early stages of the pandemic, I wrote a column here about the use of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The pushback from readers was immediate, despite the fact that I had quoted several doctors who had seen success using the protocol in healing critically ill ...
Ellicott and Falconer Central School officials knew in February the lack of issues surrounding housing the homeless in Ellicott-area hotels was likely short-lived. They were right. Warm weather brought with it a return to the issues that have had Falconer and Ellicott officials frustrated ...