State and federal politicians have spent the past seven months lobbing accusations back and forth about how federal policy will hurt those who depend on federal programs. But last week we were reminded again that often, the thing that hurts local residents the most is politics itself. At ...
I got a message on Facebook that said – and I am paraphrasing here- If you grew up in the era where you went out each morning and did not come home until dark you grew up in the best of times. I think that is true. When I think back to the way it was when I grew up, I am in awe of the ...
It took years of painstaking work for Jamestown’s first cannabis dispensary to open. Lifted is set to celebrate its first anniversary in August - but in the past year the Main Street shop has been joined by Bob Natural Cannabis Dispensary on East Second Street, the Yeti Greenery in the ...
I’ve come back to visit my roots and am staying in a friend’s home on Lower Swede Hill. I grew up in Jamestown, graduated from JHS, and then went off to college. Like most of my friends, I settled elsewhere. I’ve lived in Tacoma Washington since 1974 and visited Jamestown only ...
Life can sometimes get complex when things look the same. The other day, for example, my wife went to the lecture at Chautauqua and took a rollator...essentially a walker with four wheels that helps out when you have a limp or a bad leg. When she got home that day, she realized that the ...
In 2025, the United States has essentially imposed, for the first time, a 10% national sales tax on the wholesale value of everything imported into our country. Even agricultural products that we do not produce in the United States are now faced with a minimum 10% tariff, which ultimately is ...