The Fourth Department Appellate Division Court of Appeals’ decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Sen. George Borrello and two fellow state legislators isn’t surprising for those familiar with the court. The same court took a similar route with Jamestown’s annexation of the Board of ...
How is spending $50,000 on branded solar eclipse glasses being fiscally conservative? It’s funny that Republicans or the suddenly fiscally conscious Democrats on the Chautauqua County Legislature waited until their November meeting to approve the purchase from the county’s 3% occupancy ...
Two projects have made noise during Jamestown City Council meetings this year - a proposed $30 million YMCA building on Harrison Street and a $27 to $30 million proposal to turn Russell E. Diethrick Park into a multi-sport venue. Each project has benefits and drawbacks. Each comes with a ...
It was uplifting to see how quickly the Jamestown community rallied last year to open two Code Blue shelters for the homeless after the number of homeless exploded. What a difference a year makes. The news that neither shelter will reopen this year is a stunning reversal of fortune. The ...
Even though Thanksgiving has just now come and gone, with each passing year the Christmas holiday season already seems more entrenched than what it was the year before. Many “old-timers” 60 and above can recall when their family did not even begin to think about the end-of-the-year ...
Today is Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving, we believe, is more important than ever. Yes, our country and our communities remain beset by divisive challenges. Yes, we still reel from the loss and grief of a tragic pandemic. But we also must take every opportunity to be thankful. Many of us ...