They did it again. A small school district in Chautauqua County insists on wasting taxpayer dollars. Last month, the Ripley Central Schools appointed a new principal to oversee grades kindergarten to six. While there is nothing wrong with the premise, the problem comes down to enrollment at ...

Americans elect their leaders on the premise that those individuals will be capable of making the right decisions on difficult, as well as easy, issues. An issue on which members of Congress might have to render a decision, possibly in the early weeks of the new legislative session, is the ...

It’s good to have goals. In the next few weeks, we’re going to be hearing a lot about our elected officials’ goals in the form of various agenda-setting addresses at the city, county, state and federal levels. The first such effort came from Pierre Chagnon, R-Ellery and chairman of the ...

Lost in the 12-team College Football Playoff are the other bowl games that added a bit of pride and reward for a successful season in Division 1. Some invites have gone too far with 6-6 teams showing up for some of these contests. Others, who had fantastic turnarounds, were much more ...

We have no doubt that the New York Power Authority has its reasons to increase hydropower rates charged to customers like the city of Jamestown. But NYPA’s proposed 2025 to 2029 rate increase that would nearly triple rates charged to customers cannot be approved by the state Public Service ...

Fredonia Police Chief David Price’s history lesson last month at a Village Board workshop was right on the money. During a discussion on funding issues, Price brought up a major reason why the municipality is having trouble making ends meet. It dates back to 2015, when the village decided ...