The commentary, “Save Our Reservoir effort costs village,” (July 27-28) is ironic in so many ways. “I am not interested in having people who were not elected or who were defeated in the election make decisions for our village,” the writer says. Does she forget that a defeated trustee ...

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. When we look beyond our shores, challenges abound for the United States. Yet they also abound at home. If liberalism is what you want, you’ll like the Democrats’ 2024 ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. It’s Democrats’ ...

We have just returned from what will probably be our last vacation on Cape Cod. My wife and I are no longer kids and that 570-mile trip we used to make in one day now feels like and is a two day slog. Over the last 70 years traffic volume getting on and off the Cape has increased ...

One doesn’t have to be a Francophile to have enjoyed the Paris goings-on during these two weeks. As I write this, four more days of excitement await. For me, it’s truly breathtaking… I have to calm down after the evening races just to get to sleep. The television coverage certainly ...

I was raised in a rural, conservative-leaning county with two working parents and six busy kids. My mother was a nurse and public heath educator and my father worked in insurance and real estate before serving three terms as our Republican state House Representative and later as a lawyer and ...

Fifty years ago, Chautauqua County was facing a big problem. Art Metal Corporation, the largest metal furniture manufacturer in Jamestown, had built a new 1 million sq. ft. factory in Busti—but then Art Metal slid into bankruptcy. The new factory building was empty. What was to be done with ...