Last week, we opined in this space that we’d prefer tough questions about projects be asked before money has been spent, not after. That opinion hasn’t changed. But we are encouraged by the fact that Councilmen Jeff Russell, R-At Large, Bill Reynolds, R-Ward 5, and Regina Brackman, ...

There are more than a dozen options in the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities’ study of options to retool its district heating system. Three options make the most sense - exiting the district heating business altogether and letting 70 downtown building owners install their own boilers, ...

A new fire district in the Mayville area will provide an interesting test case for many rural volunteer fire companies in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties. The Mayville, Hartfield and Dewittville fire departments are likely to have a merger completed by sometime in early July. The new ...

Society cannot prevent the maltreatment of children no matter how hard it tries. Not even a veritable army of Child Protective Services workers would be enough to be able to prevent the abuse inflicted on some children by the adults in their lives. Knowing that we cannot prevent adults ...

If we had them to give, we’d give Sam Ognibene 40,000 thumbs up for his work spearheading an effort that led to 40,000 pounds of food to the St. Susan Center. Ognibene is no stranger to taking part in causes and events that help others, but his efforts to help secure the donation from the ...

Councilman Jeff Russell’s frustration with cost overruns on the city’s fleet maintenance garage and conversion to new financial management software was evident last week. Every additional dollar the city has to spend on the two projects is money that can’t be spent on something else ...