When one sees a 12 panel post on Facebook from a local institution, it’s fair to assume the news isn’t good. So there was a bit of breath-holding when we read through a post by the Lucille Ball Little Theatre recently. We didn’t have to read much of the statement before we were able ...

On its own, it’s not the biggest news that the towns of Ellington and Charlotte are looking to merge courts and share one judge. In 2021, the towns of Sherman, Mina, French Creek and Clymer merged their courts to a single operation. That was followed by the towns of Harmony and North ...

County lawmakers learned recently that the county’s Social Services Department is being forced to move the homeless to neighboring counties as portions of hotels the county uses to house the homeless have been closed due to code compliance issues. In April, the Ellicott Code Office had to ...

Jamestown Public Schools District voters last week overwhelmingly approved an increase in the 529 tax revenue that will be provided to the James Prendergast Library. It’s the first increase in 529 funding for the Jamestown library since it was first approved by voters in 2020 as a way to ...

There is a lot of unease regarding the idea of Battery Energy Storage Systems, so we can certainly understand the town of Ellicott taking the first step on a blanket moratorium on BESS systems in the town. In August 2024 the county IDA sold about 12 acres of vacant land on Dow Street, south ...

Sadly enough, many Americans unintentionally will disrespect the true meaning and purpose of today's solemn national holiday. After all, ever since 1971 when Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be observed on the fourth Monday in May, for many, the holiday is simply the ...