Last year Jamestown officials partnered with the American Red Cross to distribute hundreds of free smoke detectors throughout the city. The program’s success showed two things - that there is a need amongst many city residents for smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, and city ...
Given what’s happening to old malls around the country, we can’t argue with Ellen Barnes’ desire to create an area plan for the area around the Chautauqua Mall. It would be nice if more information was forthcoming to the Lakewood Village Board member to support her effort to be ...
No, I am not actually snowed in, but it feels like it. Now do not get me wrong. I do not mind being home. I like the feeling of being in a safe place. Years ago, I told my minister that I would not be in church if I was not sure I could get back home. He was not impressed. Later that year when ...
For three years, many city employees saw no increase in their contribution for their health insurance. It was a great deal for employees - albeit one given at taxpayer expense. That is not, of course, the fault of city police officers, firefighters and retirees. The blame falls on former ...
The other day, late in the afternoon, the dogs exploded with barking. Usually, that happens when an unfamiliar delivery truck comes down the driveway. This time, it was the almost predictable annual arrival of a good friend who had come to park his pickup truck and then walk out to test the ...
We’ve been told all our lives that America is a land of equal opportunity. We’ve been told that everyone has an equal chance of getting ahead—of landing a good job, making decent money, having a place to call their own. This ideal has long been called the American Dream. It’s a ...