To The Reader’s Forum: Since 1863, when it was announced by President Lincoln, Thanksgiving has been an official American holiday. It is uniquely American, almost as much as the 4th of July, and it has become all about families getting together and celebrating our common freedoms in this ...

To The Reader’s Forum: This concern is addressed to the many individuals who make decisions regarding new development for the citizens of Chautauqua County. An important segment of the population has been ignored and the time has come to make our needs known. Who are we? We are ...

To The Reader’s Forum: The recent town hall meeting with Congressman Tom Reed in Falconer on Nov. 8, along with previous meetings in the past, shows a huge rudeness and discourtesy on the part of some of the attendees. There is never an appropriate time at a public meeting to shout down ...

To The Reader’s Forum: The State of New York and the tax payers of the Jamestown Public School system have generously funded over $150 million in capital improvements to the schools and facilities of this school system over the past 20 years. However to take a look around our city today ...

To The Reader’s Forum: I would like to take a second to remind everyone to please be safe out there while hunting as today is the two-year anniversary of my wife Rosemary Billquist’s death due to a fatal hunting accident. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and all the ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Are the young people in the instant mobs who can effortlessly decide someone is a modern Hitler or a fascist the same ones who can’t tell you who we fought in World War II? Do the people who take drugs or “vape” buy organic food? Will the people who favor ...