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Latest News from Jamestown NY

The latest community news from the Jamestown, N.Y. and the Chautauqua County Region.

Jamestown Pride Activities Continue Saturday With Pride Festival

June 6, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown Pride activities continue this weekend with the Pride Festival on Saturday. The Pride Festival will start at 9:00 a.m. in conjunction with the Jamestown Farmers Market. It will feature community resource tables and Pride merchandise … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Farmers Market, Jamestown Pride, Jamestown Pride Festival, Lips Poppin' Productions

Nine County Organizations Receiving Nearly $150,000 From The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation

June 6, 2025 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

Nine Chautauqua County organizations are receiving nearly $150,000 in legacy funds from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation through the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation established the Legacy Funds in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bergman Park, Boys and Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County, Chautauqua County Overland Trails Revitalization Project, Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care, Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation, Chautauqua Striders, City of Dunkirk Youth and Recreation Department, City of Jamestown, Community Connections at Findley Lake, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, disc golf, Family Service of the Chautauqua Region, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, Star Hospice House

JRC Programs To Be Divided Between City of Jamestown, Gebbie Foundation

June 5, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Programs provided by the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation are being divided up between the City of Jamestown and the Gebbie Foundation. In a statement released by the JRC Board Co-Chairs, Mayor Kim Ecklund and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Reverend … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: AECOM, Chadakoin River Strategic Business Plan, City of Jamestown, Crystal Surdyk, Downtown Jamestown Economic Development Strategy, Frank Besse, Gebbie Foundation, Greg Edwards, Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, Jamestown Urban Design Plan, Kim Ecklund, Luke Fodor, Main Street America, Mary Maxwell, Neighborhood Block Challenge, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Urban Design Plan 2.0

Robert H. Jackson Center’s ‘The U.S. Department of Justice, Then and Now’ Takes Place Tonight

June 5, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Robert H. Jackson Center will be holding a program tonight that examines the Department of Justice’s evolution and its role in American democracy. The free, timely discussion, “The U.S. Department of Justice, Then & Now,” will feature two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Barbara L. McQuade, Department of Justice, John Q. Barrett, Robert H. Jackson Center

Second Annual Dunkirk Walleye Festival Starts Friday

June 5, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The second annual Dunkirk Walleye Festival starts Friday and continues through this weekend on the Dunkirk City Pier. The event is open to the public and will feature outdoors anglers competing in the 5th Annual WNY Walleye Classic directed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dunkirk City Pier, Dunkirk Walleye Festival, Josh Larsen, Primitive Patriot Outdoors WNY Walleye Classic, Scott Mekus, WNY Walleye Classic

Motorists Advised Of ‘Drive Your Tractor To School Day’

June 5, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Friday, June 6 is Drive Your Tractor to School Day for the Pine Valley Central School District. Area motorists are urged to stay alert and use extra caution while driving in the school district’s region tomorrow. Numerous students from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Drive Your Tractor to School Day, Future Farmers of America, Pine Valley Central School

Six Rite Aid Stores Closing In Chautauqua County, 63 People To Lose Jobs

June 4, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The closing of six Rite Aid stores in Chautauqua County will result in 63 people losing their jobs. This information is according to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) page. The WARN Act requires covered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, Rite Aid, WARN Act

Man Arrested For Burglary At Hotel Jamestown

June 4, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

A man has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing property located in the Hotel Jamestown. Jamestown Police report they responded to the building at 110 West Third Street Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious man wandering around. While … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Burglary, Hotel Jamestown, Jamestown Police Department, Mark Burch

Aaron Leeper To Deliver Jamestown High School Commencement Address

June 4, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

One of Jamestown High School’s most decorated athletes will deliver the keynote address at JHS’ Commencement ceremony. Aaron Leeper, who is a 2001 JHS graduate, currently serves as Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Aaron Leeper, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, Commencement, Federal Air Marshal Service, Jamestown High School, SS Peter and Paul Church

Reg Lenna Showing ‘Pride’ Tonight

June 4, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Pride Month activities continue at the Reg Lenna tonight with the movie, “Pride.” Pride depicts true events from England in 1984.  Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Pride, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts

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