JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library Board of Trustees will wait until at least the fall before it determines whether or not it will change its bylaws to determine how future trustees are selected and whether or not to establish a residency … [Read more...]
School Budget, Library Proposition Mail-In Vote Deadline Extended to June 16
ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday he will sign an executive order allowing all school election ballots to be counted as long as they are received by Tuesday, June 16 – a week later than originally announced. The extension comes after … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Prendergast Library Executive Director Anne Greene
WRFARadio · Community Matters - Prendergast Library Executive Director Anne Greene AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOUNDCLOUD WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Anne Greene, Executive Director of the James Prendergast Library about … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Mitrano Announces Elimination of $500,000 in Medical Debt While Launching Healthcare Listening Tour
ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOUNDCLOUD JAMESTOWN - Democratic Congressional candidate Tracy Mitrano (D - Penn Yan) was in Jamestown on Friday to announce a series of upcoming listening sessions and to also point out that residents in the 23rd Congressional … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Doors Open Jamestown is Saturday, Jan. 18
JAMESTOWN - Local residents are being invited to participate in Doors Open Jamestown on Saturday, Jan. 18. The annual event invitees area residents to visit over a dozen different places right here in our own backyard. Designed to invite area … [Read more...]
City Council to Vote on 2020 City Budget, Consider Annexation Resolution During Monday Voting Session
JAMESTOWN - It's going to be busy night Monday at City Hall as the Jamestown City Council holds its monthly voting session and considers a number of resolutions to vote on. VIEW THE AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS FOR NOV. 25 Highlighting the 7:30 … [Read more...]
City Council Members Push for Lowering City Property Taxes Following Budget Meeting with Library Officials
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will likely use recently discovered savings in the 2020 City Budget to reduce local property taxes rather than boost funding in other areas of the spending plan, including providing more aid for the James … [Read more...]
Public Hearing on $36.6 Million City Budget is Monday Night
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will be holding a public hearing Monday for the city's tentative $36.6 million budget. The hearing is required by law and is part of the annual budget process, allowing property owners, residents and other … [Read more...]
Library Board to Host Community Conversation on Future of Prendergast
JAMESTOWN - The first of two community conversations involving the future of the James Prendergast Library will be taking place Wednesday afternoon. Earlier this month the library board of trustees wrote an article in the Jamestown Post-Journal … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library will Ask Property Owners to Support a New Tax Line to Help Keep Doors Open
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library is once again proposing a new tax in order to help it solve its financial challenges. The Jamestown Post-Journal reported Friday that the Prendergast Library Board of Trustees met on Thursday afternoon and … [Read more...]
