One hundred and thirty eight police officers were injured on January 6, 2021, while trying to protect the U.S. Capitol. They were attacked by a mob wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, fire extinguishers, pepper spray, bear spray, and in some cases, the officers’ own weapons. Following the ...
A friend recently dropped off a book about Jamestown’s “Lost Neighborhood,” the old Italian-American neighborhood that was located along the Chadakoin River adjacent to Harrison Street. I remember this neighborhood well, as I used to trek through it when walking to or from Jamestown High ...
A “golden age,” one in which the United States of America can aim even higher than the moon, was proclaimed Monday during President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration speech. And while Elon Musk may have thrown his hands in the air to cheer the goal to “pursue our manifest destiny into ...
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, 2025, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in 2024 denied that the regulations would lead to any of Chautauqua ...
Along the shivering shores of Dunkirk is a massive landmark and scar. At one time, the imposing facility contained four active generating units that produced approximately 635 megawatts of electricity that powered the northeast and a majority of the Western New York region. Today, as it sits ...
We have no doubt that, from an engineering perspective, there is no need for a guardrail between Baker Street and Hazeltine Avenue in front of Persell Middle School. The road reconfiguring project last summer should have eliminated the need for a guardrail. But engineering reports don’t ...