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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Government can’t spend its way out of housing crisis

The Harris campaign is proposing assistance — up to $10,000 for first-time homebuyers and up to $25,000 for first-generation homebuyers — with down payments to purchase a house. There are at least two reasons every American should be deeply skeptical about the feasibility of this ...

Our opinion: School board ready to take the leap. Are we?

Warren County school board members are ready to have a hard conversation on Sept 9. Are we? The board will discuss a motion to close the Youngsville and Sheffield high schools at its next meeting. It’s a step no one really wants to take, but a step most board members and district ...

Our opinion: Struggle to develop is real

Good for Tom Christeson for sticking with his plan to build a small boutique hotel on Liberty Street. Some would have walked away by now. But one has to wonder how future development efforts are going to play out given how hard Christeson is having to work to make the Wendleboe Hotel a ...

Our opinion: What took so long on driving ban?

Earlier this month Pennsylvania became the 29th state to ban distracted driving. What took so long? Drivers can still use their phones to alert emergency responders and to make phone calls, use a GPS, and listen to music, if they are using hands-free technology. The legislation approved by ...

Our opinion: Right recipe with food trucks

There were two things Warren officials could have done after a local business complained on social media about how the city deals with food trucks - get defensive or see if the business was making a logical point. We’re glad to see Warren officials took the second route. In July the ...

Editor’s corner: Volatile week across border shakes secure sense

FREDONIA, N.Y. — Shortly after 8:15 p.m. Monday, the scanner call went out. Law enforcement officers along with the Dunkirk and Fredonia Fire Departments responded to a gunshot wound at the Econo Lodge off Route 60 just near the Thruway exit 59. It marked the fifth shooting incident in five ...