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Our Opinion

Our opinion: Farewell to a festival of fun

We bid a fond farewell to the Johnny Appleseed Festival in Sheffield. The three-day festival has taken place for the past 17 years, often featuring competitions between professional lumberjacks and lumberjills as well as food, entertainment, a corn hole tournament, horse and tractor pull, ...

Editor’s corner: Designation might make nearby airport take off

JAMESTOWN — Former Chautauqua County parks and airport manager Sam Arcadipane cannot help but notice a trend when looking at the New York state’s western and northern borders. Most of the airports in those locations — Watertown, Massena and Plattsburgh — have a designation the Jamestown ...

Our opinion: Medicine shortage needs probing

Young, healthy people are not likely to devote much attention to news reports about shortages of medicines. However, that changes as illnesses and other conditions creep into their lives — a fact of life as people age. Therefore, the news that the Federal Trade Commission is launching a ...

Our opinion: Surprises are likely with spending

We will readily admit we may often sound like a broken record. Unfortunately, many of the issues confronting our communities and our state frankly require we repeat ourselves. When a recent article from The Center Square’s Anthony Hennen detailed how the state Department of Corrections ...

Our opinion: COVID dollar problems emerge

Federal COVID-19 funding has helped prop up special education services in the Warren County School District the past few years. That aid starts to go away in June - and now district officials are trying to pick and choose services that children need but that the district can’t pay for on ...

Our opinion: Growing tax base solves problems

We’ll warn you now, today’s editorial topic is about as exciting as folding laundry. No one wants to talk about tax assessments. It’s not an exciting topic at dinner parties unless you are a member of a school board or a municipal board that has to develop a yearly budget. For them ...