Concerned citizens and Jamestown Public Schools employees have spent the past several months working on school safety recommendations. Some of those recommendations were presented recently to Board of Education members, including security systems that can be used at some school entrances, ...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, and U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Abington Township, are sponsoring legislation to defer student loans for students who withdraw from college due to a sexual assault or instance of harassment. We believe it is worth considering — survivors of sexual ...
It’s hard to argue with legislative Democrats’ argument that Chautauqua County taxpayers deserve a tax levy decrease in addition to County Executive PJ Wendel’s proposed tax rate cut. The county is sitting on a $37 million surplus — roughly $24 million than the minimum $13 million ...
Now that the Jamestown City Council has rejected a pair of Non-Profit Assistance Grants, the question becomes what should be done with the $400,000 that hasn’t been spent? The answer is simple to us — return that money to the City Council and use it to lessen the $6.9 million bond act ...
A few weeks ago in this space, we opined that County Executive PJ Wendel and Mayor Eddie Sundquist should begin planning for a possible influx of newcomers from New York City. Of course, at that time the thought was the city would be sending migrants after groups acting on the city’s ...
“I honestly don’t agree with him in so many facets on what he discusses on what the job is – to advocate for policy changes. First and foremost, it’s to get convictions.” We didn’t disagree with then-candidate Jason Schmidt about his view of the Chautauqua County District ...