Many U.S. residents remain leery of this country’s warmer relations with the Communist-run nation of Vietnam. That is understandable, considering America’s painful, protracted Vietnam War experience, which claimed the lives of more than 50,000 U.S. military personnel. Nevertheless, now, ...

Twan Leenders made his way to Chautauqua County more than a decade ago when he was named executive officer of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. While heading RTPI is an important job, Leenders has found an even more important job leading the fight against invasive species in the Chautauqua ...

Spending CDBG money on colored lights under the North Main Street railroad viaduct sounded like a good idea for about five minutes of last week’s City Council meeting. Actually, it doesn’t sound good even then. But the project looks even worse when you consider the types of projects ...

Tim Jackson, Jamestown police chief and public safety director, is making the argument for police consolidation even if he doesn’t know it yet. Jackson wants the Jamestown Police Department to offer a $10,000 incentive to attract trained, certified police officers from other departments. ...

It really is amazing the New York State Thruway needs to raise tolls next year. Only two years ago, the Authority was eliminating jobs left and right when it was getting rid of the booths. By going to E-Z Pass, they were saving millions of dollars by reducing worker costs and benefits for the ...

It’s a bit disingenuous to say Jamestown is only borrowing $6.9 million for a slew of capital projects. As city resident Doug Champ correctly pointed out, the cost to city taxpayers between now and the bond’s pay-off date of December 2048 is actually more than $12 million when you ...