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Times of more respect … everywhere

By LLEWELLYN KING I can’t explain all the social and political maelstrom I have seen through the years. But I have known times when crime was far less than it is today, and political disputation, in all its forms, wasn’t a cause of violence in the population. Here are some fragments of the changes I have seen in different places. I parade these fragments from my life because of the sense of doom, the sense that violence could break out between the political extremes in the United States. In effect, we haven’t seen the end of the violence of Jan. 6, 2021. When I was a teenager ...

Jamestown man arrested on multiple drug and gun charges

BUFFALO – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross has announced that Richard Pearson, 47, of Jamestown, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute acetyl fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and aiding and abetting. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, and a maximum penalty of life. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, late in ...

No one will match Coolidge in ’24

CHAUTAUQUA — In the White House foyer hang the five most recent presidential portraits. The oldest of the five moves to another place in the executive mansion when a new portrait arrives. It’s common for presidents to hang in the White House cabinet room a portrait of a president not among the most recent five. They usually select a president they particularly admire. Accordingly, Ronald Reagan selected a philosophical soulmate: Calvin Coolidge. Remember Coolidge if you ever need to know, for a trivia question, which president’s birth date is a federal holiday. Coolidge, ...

Nancy K. Dailey

Nancy K. Dailey age 74 of Hamburg passed away June 21,2024. Friends may call Saturday June 29,2024 10-11 am at the SCHINDLER FUNERAL HOME 44 Center St., Gowanda funeral to follow at 11 am.

ImmunityBio jobs still two years away

ImmunityBio Inc. probably won’t ramp up hiring at its Dunkirk plant for a couple years, the city’s planning and development director said last week. Vince DeJoy gave a mostly upbeat update about the biotechnology firm’s efforts to produce a new cancer drug at the facility it’s leasing ...

Overlooked truths of retirement accounts

Nearly half a century ago, on Labor Day 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The bill created Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and essentially paved the way for 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and a host of imitations. Retirement experts have been beating up on the accounts ever since. Two fresh examples aim specifically at 401(k)s, easily the most common of the type. One was an in-depth article asking a serious question, “Was the 401(k) a Mistake?” The answer, equally serious, was an emphatic “yes”. By coincidence, the second critique also ...