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The New York State arms adopted on March 16, 1778, shows Justice wearing a gold-colored dress with a blue belt fringed in red. Her unbound hair is...
We find ourselves bemused by the wholly expected partisan reaction to news that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing New York for allowing...
There doesn’t seem to be much commercial interest in land on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in Mayville where a controversial condominium project was...
The fact that we have a mental health treatment capacity shortage in rural areas should come as no shock to anyone. Those in the health care industry...
City residents should have cautious optimism following the announcement that Jamestown has received another $10 million Downtown Revitalization...
Ten years ago city officials had high hopes for the redevelopment of the Furniture Mart building. At the time, the $19 million project was going to be...
We now should feel fairly comfortable that it’s not only possible to merge the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts, but generally beneficial...
A recent incident in Warren provides an example of just how easy it can be to skirt well-meaning laws written to keep guns out of the wrong hands. A...
Jamestown’s Development Department isn’t wrong to use social media to warn city residents about quality of life tickets for those who let their...
This weekend The Post-Journal celebrates 200 years of bringing readers the news. We’ve all changed a lot over two centuries. We started publishing...
Over the past eight years, there have been only 20 entries in the Chautauqua County Animal Abuse registry – though five have been added since...
Jamestown is on track to spend all of the American Rescue Plan Act funding it allocated for housing demolitions by the end of the year. That means the...
The announcement of a $42,000 DEC grant to the Chautauqua Lake Partnership was easy to miss earlier this year, coming as it did only a couple of days...
We noted last week that it is up to city residents – not city government – to rebuild the cohesive nature of Jamestown’s neighborhoods. A couple...
Is Chautauqua County in a worse place than it was 15 years ago, as Democrats in the Chautauqua County Legislature contend? The answer to that question...
The redistricting wars are a relatively new phenomenon across the country. What began with President Donald Trump pushing Republican states to redraw...
There are a lot of questions regarding the siting of data centers in New York state. It didn’t seem like the questions were local ones until last...
An initiative like Be A Neighbor JTNY wouldn’t have been needed 20 or 30 years ago. Even if you didn’t necessarily like your neighbor, we could...
Twice this year we have seen federal charges brought in Western New York over threats to law enforcement officials. It’s two times too many, in our...
An entire corner of Brooklyn Square changed ownership earlier this spring. The $2,137,500 property purchase by 716 Rapid Rentals LLC prompts an...
No U.S. President has done more to confront Iran ‘s nuclear program than Donald Trump, and one reason is to avert a nuclear arms race in the...
It’s no secret that Jamestown has a deferred maintenance problem. Before the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing $28.3 million ARPA shot in the arm,...
Debate in recent months over changes to the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act had us wondering if there was any common sense left...
We still struggle to justify automatic pay raises each year for Chautauqua County lawmakers – though judging from last week’s vote Republican...
When one sees a 12 panel post on Facebook from a local institution, it’s fair to assume the news isn’t good. So there was a bit of breath-holding...
On its own, it’s not the biggest news that the towns of Ellington and Charlotte are looking to merge courts and share one judge. In 2021, the towns...
County lawmakers learned recently that the county’s Social Services Department is being forced to move the homeless to neighboring counties as...
Jamestown Public Schools District voters last week overwhelmingly approved an increase in the 529 tax revenue that will be provided to the James...
There is a lot of unease regarding the idea of Battery Energy Storage Systems, so we can certainly understand the town of Ellicott taking the first...
Sadly enough, many Americans unintentionally will disrespect the true meaning and purpose of today’s solemn national holiday. After all, ever since...
Jamestown and its nonprofit partners are going to pursue conventions in an attempt to bring people downtown. The Jamestown Meetings and Conferences...
The idea of automatic cost-of-living-adjustments for Chautauqua County legislators is, and frankly always was, a bad idea. We weren’t in favor of...
A five-year delay in the state’s electric school bus mandate would be a reasonable compromise if it is included in the state budget as some Albany...
When was the last time you drove through the five corners of Busti and thought what would really make the intersection easier to navigate are new...
Here we are, once again, feeling the need to write about the homeless in Chautauqua County. We’re moved to do so by a comment that may never have...
We have complained for years about more than $30 million in reserves for Chautauqua County. Pine Valley Central Schools is even more guilty. In recent...
Too many senior citizens in New York state don’t have access to affordable dental care. That fact makes it hard to disagree with legislation...
The legal fight over the Office of Cannabis Management’s seizure of illegal cannabis products from state-licensed hemp stores is fascinating. So is...
There are a lot of concerns over the ways Chautauqua County’s lead rental registry and Jamestown’s rental property registry will affect property...
When it comes to economic development in the greater Jamestown area, it feels as if we’re taking two steps forward and one step back. It’s an...
Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South...
We’ve gone back to the future when it comes to New York’s budget – and it’s not a good thing. Late budgets were a thing of the past for years...
Jamestown officials have already said city residents can’t own chickens or other barnyard animals like pigs. Yet, if you’re on the south side of...
Democrats are proposing to extend a bad idea in New York City into a bad idea statewide. Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Westfield, and Sen. George...
Clymer officials may be walking a tightrope as they consider a zoning update to deal with, among other things, commercial chicken barns. A Clymer...
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