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Opinion

City will need new ways to pay for demolitions

In Our Opinion

Jamestown is on track to spend all of the American Rescue Plan Act funding it allocated for housing demolitions by the end of the year. That means the city will meet the federal deadline for the use of that pot of money - though that should be the least of the city’s concerns, in our ...

CLP study has opportunity to influence lake actions quickly

In Our Opinion

The announcement of a $42,000 DEC grant to the Chautauqua Lake Partnership was easy to miss earlier this year, coming as it did only a couple of days before a judge announced Freshwater Wetland Act regulations the CLP and Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association had been fighting in state ...

Eighth, Fulton street residents show how to be neighbors

In Our Opinion

We noted last week that it is up to city residents - not city government - to rebuild the cohesive nature of Jamestown’s neighborhoods. A couple of days later, residents of Eighth and Fulton streets proved our point by becoming the first neighborhood to take the city and the Jamestown ...

County isn’t better or worse. It’s treading water

In Our Opinion

Is Chautauqua County in a worse place than it was 15 years ago, as Democrats in the Chautauqua County Legislature contend? The answer to that question depends on one’s point of view. We've often said the government doesn't, by itself, attract jobs. It does, however, set the stage to ...

Hegseth misses the boat in D-Day anniversary address

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Self-proclaimed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outdid himself last Saturday when he sought to link the D-Day anniversary with Europe’s current “invasion” by immigrants. He berated our European allies for permitting immigrants to “invade” their nations--- ...

The beast finally settles in

Local Commentaries

Last July I wrote about Finian, our Maine Coon cat, and his stubborn need to be outside. For some reason he is well-behaved at the front door – as long as visitors don’t stand chatting with the storm door open. I mean, give the furry kid a break. A 10-minute open door is temptation even ...