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Commentary

No slowing the end to summer

A few nights ago, I saw some teens playing basketball under the lights just down the street from me. I don’t think they had done that all summer but then I remembered how my brothers and I along with our friends would jam as much activity as possible into those last summer days before we ...

Rounding Third: Quick shopping trip was terrifying

It was the last thing I expected when I entered Lowe’s on Monday. It was Labor Day. The Halloween displays are up, they are huge, and they stopped me in my tracks. I guess I’ve been living under a rock. Halloween has become our second biggest holiday. Only Christmas is bigger. All the ...

Placing some faith in our care system

I am writing in response to the column on the convention trailer as a haunting display. The author suggests the DNC was involved with providing abortions and vasectomies and other reproductive services during their convention in Chicago. A quick fact check showed the DNC (although perhaps ...

Jackson Center to host Smithsonian exhibit

The Robert H. Jackson Center will host the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibition of Voices and Votes: Democracy in America from Sept. 6 to Oct. 18. The Voices and Votes exhibition is adapted from American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National ...

As schools open, pay extra attention on roads

Schools will open on Thursday and the city of Dunkirk Police Department is reminding everyone to pay close attention to children as they walk to and from school and to obey the laws regarding speed in school zones, walking in the roadway, riding bicycles and yielding the right of way to ...

No easy answer for homelessness

By Rolland Kidder The City of Jamestown recently declared an emergency because of the increased problem of homeless people congregating on streets and public areas in the City. In a discussion with friends, the matter was brought up, and there was general consensus that there seems to be ...