It’s time for America to get smarter about civics and history In November, The New York Times ran a story about a subset of voters who were more enthused about the idea of Vice President Kamala Harris making a White House bid than her boss, President Joe Biden. One passage in particular ...

Many Jamestown residents aren’t happy with the decision to use the colors Red and Green as the new mascot for Jamestown High School. We understand the complaints. It’s a bit confusing to have the mascot remain a cat and the nickname be two colors, even if the colors are the longstanding ...

Most people will admit Allen Park is perhaps the best remaining sledding hills there is in Jamestown. That distinction used to belong to College Park, but construction of dorms on the Jamestown Community College left Allen Park as the - no pun intended - king of the hills. Until a ...

It was interesting to see Dave Wilfong, R-Jamestown and new Chautauqua County Legislature majority leader, talk about working to improve the relationship between the city and county. A better relationship would be a much better situation for everyone involved than the war of words that had ...

Until about three years ago, there was always a sense of pain using the New York State Thruway. Getting to the interstate meant driving through toll booths. It was an understanding that either now — or later — you were going to pay. Without those toll booths — and tickets that went away ...

At first glance, one would wonder why the second priority on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State tour is reading instruction. That should be the purview of the state Education Department and the state Board of Regents. But, earlier this week, there was Hochul in Watervliet touting ...