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Opinion

A Staple For Meals

Local Commentaries

Rice is not only a whole grain but it is easily digested. I remember my grandmother who had stomach issues choosing rice to eat. It is not only inexpensive, but it is nutritious and tasty. For those of you who are watching your food budget, you can mix rice with many things to enhance the ...

BPU Board Faces An Important Hiring Decision

In Our Opinion

The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities has found itself in the capable hands of David Leathers for 20 years. Amid all the uncertainty of New York’s energy policy Leathers has found a way to minimize the impacts on BPU ratepayers as much as possible, including his leadership this winter ...

Don’t Get Sick These Days

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: In February 2023, I checked into Roswell Park Cancer Center with an extremely rare blood disease. Two years later I am in remission and thriving. Were it not for the doctors and staff of Roswell’s leukemia department, as well as cutting edge research that ...

Trump Shows Us His Depravity

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Russia has shown the world its weakness, Trump has shown his depravity. Russia started an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and was defeated. They were unable to conquer a smaller country even though that country had less resources, less military might, and fewer ...

A Way To ‘Almost’ Free Pure Water

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: I’m old enough to remember when the idea of paying for drinking water seemed absurd. Then came Desert Storm. Every news report showed a soldier with a bottle of Evian in his hand. It wasn’t long before countless brands were available in supermarkets. My ...

When Is Vandalism Appropriate?

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: I agree with the P-J editorial that the vandalism at Rep. Nick Langworthy’s office is unacceptable, and I get it that the Congressman is upset about it. He’s right that these crimes have no place in our political discourse, and that the perpetrators should ...