It’s funny how bad decisions keep coming back to haunt you. Six years ago Chautauqua County needed to find a new home for its bus system after National Comedy Center officials asked that CARTS not use the area in front of the center as its downtown hub - even though that was one of the ...

Recent targeted sweeps of homeless, first in Ransom Alley and then this week in Brooklyn Square, needed to happen. Let’s not forget, this isn’t a recent problem. Our reporting on the homeless population really began three years ago. Many of the publicly visible homeless moved from ...

The controversy over dental benefits for Fred Larson, retired City Court judge and current Chautauqua County legislator, is unfortunate on many levels. Larson has been a dedicated public servant over the years, including his tie-breaking (and party line crossing) vote to sell the Chautauqua ...

Jamestown has seen four targeted shootings in the past three weeks. On Aug. 3, city police responded to Lafayette Street near Isabella Avenue for a reported gunshot complaint, with a man arriving at UPMC Chautauqua a short time later with an injury police said was consistent with a gunshot ...

It’s only natural for the village of Lakewood to discuss revitalizing the waterfront at Richard O. Hartley Park after the relative success of the village of Celoron’s work to revitalize its Chautauqua Lake waterfront. The addition of a new playground at the park brings attention to the ...

The Chautauqua County Legislature’s Planning and Economic Development Committee won’t hold its regularly scheduled meeting this week. There is apparently nothing for legislators to do. We find it hard to believe that, absent delegated work from the County Executive’s office, there ...