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Voters to Act on 2019-20 Jamestown School Budget that Includes No Tax Increase on Tuesday

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Voters around the county will be heading to their local school polling places Tuesday to vote on next year's school budget, along with candidates for their respective school boards. In Jamestown, voters will act on the $90.7 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2019-20 Jamestown School Budget, Bret Apthorpe, Bret Apthrope, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Joe Pawelski, Patrick Slagle, Success Academy

[LISTEN] No Offense with James Bliss – May 14, 2019

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Tuesday, May 14 No Offense is a weekly half-hour long radio program produced by Jamestown, NY resident James Bliss and focusing on national, state, and/or local issues of note. Produced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: James Bliss, No Offense

Jamestown Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison on Federal Drug Charges

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

BUFFALO U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alex Mercado, 40, of Jamestown, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 110 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alex Mercado, Bryan Ferrer-Vazquez, Drug Enforcement Administration, Heroin, James Kennedy Jr, Jamestown Police Department, Laura Higgins, Richard Arcara, Sigfredo Martinez

Lakewood-Busti Police Investigate Animal Cruelty Case Involving Dead Cow, Newborn Calf

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

LAKEWOOD - Lakewood-Busti Police are asking for the public's help in solving an animal cruelty investigation involving a cow being shot and its newborn calf also dying as a result. According to a report in the Jamestown Post-Journal, the black … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Animal Cruelty, Lakewood-Busti Police Department

Jamestown Public Schools Student Art Show is Tuesday Night

May 21, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools will hold its Annual District Art Show Opening Reception on Tuesday, May 21 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Jefferson Middle School gymnasium. With hundreds of works of art from kindergarten through 12th grade, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamie Berg

[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown School Superintendent Bret Apthorpe Discusses 2019-20 Budget

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Thursday, May 16, 2019 Jamestown Public Schools superintendent Bret Apthorpe shares details on the proposed 2019-20 JPS School Budget prior to the May 21 public vote. Plus he provides an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: 2019-20 Jamestown School Budget, Bret Apthorpe, Community Matters, Jamestown Public Schools

County Grand Jury Indicts City Man on Murder Charge Connected to 2017 Stabbing Death

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MAYVILLE - A 20-year-old Jamestown man faces a charge of second degree murder following an indictment by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury. According to Jamestown Police, the charge comes a year-and-a-half after the November 2017 stabbing death of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Court, Chautauqua County Grand Jury, Dylan Ownbey, Jamestown Police Department, Tavion Turner

Jamestown Business Makes Plans to Relocate to Ellicott

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting a business in Jamestown plans to be relocating into a brand new location in the town of Ellicott within a year. The article says Stannard Group LLC has been operating out of its Jamestown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Naco Truck Leasing, Stannard Group LLC, Weaver Materiel Service

Dunkirk Police Continue to Investigation Stabbing Incident

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

DUNKIRK - Dunkirk Police continue their investigation into a stabbing that occurred on the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue last Wednesday afternoon. Police responded to a report of a fight around 4 p.m. and learned that the victim, who has not been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dunkirk Police Department, Stabbing Incident

City DPW Announces Upcoming Street Closings for North Main Street and Cherry Street

May 20, 2019 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - Two sections of North Main Street in Jamestown will be closed to traffic this week along with a section of Cherry Street. According to Jamestown Public Works Director Jeff Lehman, milling and paving is scheduled to begin on North Main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Department of Public Works, Jeff Lehman

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