There have been a lot of issues thrown around in the race between Michael Bobseine and Andrew Molitor to see who will replace the retiring Andrew Goodell in the state Assembly. Bobseine comes with a lengthy history of public service in Chautauqua County and legislative experience through his ...

There’s one question we would really like answered about proposed sidewalks on Route 394 in Lakewood - are they actually needed? The state Transportation Department has said improvements could include asphalt pavement throughout the project from the bridge west of Ashville Road to McDaniel ...

We’ve long called for investment into shovel-ready sites in Chautauqua County. So it’s hard to be critical of a $1,999,999 federal investment in the site announced last week by U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy and Sen. Charles Schumer. We’ve heard a lot about the Ripley site over the years. ...

Jamestown Board of Public Utilities officials are testing the water on the idea of charging for yard waste stickers that allow city residents to dump their yard waste. The service has long been free to those who make the trip to the BPU’s headquarters on Steele Street and get the free ...

It stood to reason that there would be interest in the Jamestown Business College site once the college wound down operations next spring. That interest ended up coming from an unlikely source - the St. Susan Center and United Christian Advocacy Network. The Conklin family has selflessly ...

Taxpayers should want to see the state Board of Regents’ latest push for collaboration succeed. But we fear the Regents aren’t seeing the big picture with the push announced by the Regents in September. A proposed amendment creates a new section of state Education Commissioner’s ...