Last week, Conduit Ministries’ food truck spent a couple of hours in Brooklyn Square serving meals and providing winter clothing to those who needed it. So many people visited the truck that it ran out of supplies. There is no better sign of the need facing the Jamestown community than an ...

Confirmed shootings decreased by 25% in Jamestown in 2023 - good news for city residents who saw far too many shootings in 2022. In fact, most gun crimes have decreased from two years ago, according to the 2023 Public Safety Report given to City Council members recently. In addition to the ...

A comprehensive plan can do a lot of things. As Jamestown embarks on its first such planning effort since 1998, in our view two things are most important - rekindling excitement in the city’s future and identifying how the city and its partners will keep the comprehensive plan on ...

There is a lot of talk about the need for bipartisanship in Congress. And while we struggle to come to agreement on major national issues like immigration reform, abortion and the environment, there are glimmers of ability to work across the aisle on matters of local interest. That came ...

You just bought those two concert tickets at $200 each. You go to check out … only to find that your real price is $250 each thanks to hidden fees. A recent survey by Consumer Reports found that most Americans have been confronted with hidden fees, and 96% find them to be very annoying. A ...

By and large, many asylum seekers make their way to the United States seeking a better life. But let’s not confuse asylum seekers with those who flout our country’s immigration laws and then make matters worse by not obeying our laws while they’re here. Migrants in those instances ...