We have a feeling a proposal to increase Chautauqua County’s occupancy tax from 5% to 8% is like ringing a dinner bell for a lot of organizations that only agree on one thing — there isn’t enough money to go around for lake and waterway projects. County Executive PJ Wendel wants the ...
As long as there are no unanticipated legal issues, the Jamestown City Council should approve a program to install stop arm cameras on Jamestown Public Schools District buses. The program has been approved by the city school board, but council members have questions about the program that ...
It’s been nearly 60 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act. The signing was done out of the view of the public, ironic considering a statement released with the passing of the bill noted Johnson signed it “with a deep sense of pride that the United ...
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. More and more often, that same logic can be applied to libraries. Taxpayers in Sherman, Bemus Point and Fluvanna will have propositions on their school budget ballot to create library taxes as has already been done by the Anderson-Lee Library, ...
How ludicrous is it that new parking meters installed in 2021 have stopped working already? That’s the situation, though, after a solar charging mechanism in the meters stopped working once the fall and winter months hit. Now, the batteries in the meters have died out and need to be ...
A lot of school districts say they want to train future employees of area manufacturing companies. Chautauqua Lake Central School has done more than just talk about training employees — the district has made it a cornerstone of its curriculum. What began as a lunchtime club years ago ...