As the Associated Press reported recently, the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed further above 7% last week, reaching its highest level in more than 20 years. First, we should be relieved that our unemployment rate is at historic lows. A rate of 3.5 percent in July, according to ...

City Council members should certainly, as they begin considering Jamestown’s budget for 2024 and beyond, take a second look at the mayor’s official vehicle. That doesn’t mean taking the vehicle away. The time for that action came and went when former Mayor Sam Teresi kept his ...

It’s good to see the city has taken steps — finally — to install signs to make it easier for Jamestown police officers to remove those loitering in parking ramps. While we can’t understand why it took a year for the new signs to be ordered and installed, it’s good to see the city ...

As the start of another school year rapidly approaches, drivers all over Chautauqua County will have to reacquaint themselves with the rules (and common sense) of sharing our roads with school buses. The basics are simple: it is illegal to pass a school bus while the stop-arm is extended and ...

Politicians love to brag about how much they have done to improve our local, state and national economies-primarily through spending our hard-earned tax dollars while also adding to the debt for future generations. The truth, however, is simple: Government’s role - a substantial one, to be ...

It’s encouraging to see some discussion of a metro police force in the Jamestown area. Mayor Eddie Sundquist has approached the town of Ellicott about creating a metro police division, citing the difficulty in recruiting new officers and the possibility of Ellicott saving money if it ...