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In Our Opinion

Support Remains Strong For School Merger — So Far

After almost a year of kicking the tires on a potential merger, support for a combined Clymer, Sherman and Panama school district remains strong among those who are engaging in the process early. Voters on the 2025 school budgets in the districts approved starting the discussion process with ...

Support For Homeless Is Heartwarming

There are many things wrong with Jamestown, but a lack of compassionate residents isn’t one of them. Throughout the winter, community residents led by Diana Scott have been buying meals for the homeless spending the night at the ROME Code Blue shelter on Washington Street. Others have been ...

Most Severe Punishment Isn’t Enough In Child Death Cases

Two Jamestown men will go to prison after pleading guilty to killing infants in a fit of rage within two weeks of each other in April 2024. Matthew Nuttall, 27, will be sentenced this year after throwing a child into a Pack-and-Play portable crib because he was frustrated the baby wouldn’t ...

Innovation Now Needed Because Nuclear Power Demands Grow

As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For decades, the climate-friendly industry has been held back by overly burdensome regulations, but that’s beginning to change. In the 1960s, plants took about four years to ...

Water’s Fine For Chautauqua Lake Fishing

We all should be able to acknowledge that Chautauqua Lake needs work if it is to return to the type of hub for summer activities that many south county residents remember. But it was interesting to read about the opinions of DEC Fisheries officials after a recent presentation to the ...

Lawmakers Are Generous With Your Money

Deb Makowski, county human resources director, said several times during last week’s Audit and Control Committee meeting that increasing salary ranges for management employees doesn’t automatically give the affected employees salary increases. She’s technically right, of course. ...