We’ve wondered if the state’s elected officials are listening to the different alarms raised about the likelihood of meeting the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Republican politicians have raised countless objections that we’d liken to your car’s warning bell ...
There seems to be a growing chorus that a college education isn’t worth it anymore … that the quicker a young person can find a good job the better. I must tell you up front that I am not in that camp. I come from the “old school,” and believe that there is a lot more to college than ...
Thirty years ago — 1993 Chautauqua County’s solid waste managers had some good news for local municipalities, businesses, individuals and trash haulers. It was announced that increases in landfill tipping fees scheduled for this month will be postponed until January and when they do go ...
It is too late for Chautauqua County legislators to talk about a pay raise for 2024. Currently, each legislator is paid $9,000 a year, or $750 a month. The legislature chairman gets an additional $8,000. The minority and majority leaders both get an additional $1,000 a year. The assistant ...
In 1941 the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al Husseini, a supporter of Hitler, invited him to come to Palestine and “eliminate all the Jews.” In a letter he wrote in 1921 to Winston Churchill, who was Colonial Secretary at the time, Al Husseini asked that restrictions be put on Jewish ...
It is a bit humorous that the North County Water District is taking the advice of Chautauqua County when it comes to its decision on rates. During a meeting this month, the board backed away from a 40-cent increase per 1,000 gallons used after a discussion with one of the Chautauqua County ...