Specially equipped bins will allow BPU to offer monthly $10 credit to residents that recycle JAMESTOWN - Residents who get their garbage picked up by the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will be getting special new recycling bins starting this … [Read more...]
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The latest community news from the Jamestown, N.Y. and the Chautauqua County Region.
Ohio Woman Charged with Snowmobiling While Intoxicated
MAYVILLE - An Ohio woman was arrested over the weekend for Snowmobiling while intoxicated after she crashed her snowmobile into an ice fishing shanty on Chautauqua Lake. According to the county sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a crash … [Read more...]
Jamestown Police Warn of Scammer Posing as IRS Rep
JAMESTOWN - City police on Thursday say they've received a complaint from several citizens that they had received a phone call from a male subject who identified himself as an IRS Tax Agent. According to Jamestown Police Captain Robert Samuelson, … [Read more...]
VestraCare Offers $16 Million to Purchase County Home
MAYVILLE - More details are coming out about the proposed sale of the Chautauqua County Home that will go before county lawmakers next month in Mayville. Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan announced on Wednesday that he has signed an asset … [Read more...]
Lakewood Business Owner Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for Failing to Pay Payroll Taxes
BUFFALO - The man who owns and operates a Lakewood business will spend the next year in a federal prison after being sentenced U.S. District Court on Wednesday. According to WIVB in Buffalo, 57-year-old John Creighton of Bemus Point who was … [Read more...]
President Mentions Legislation with Local Ties During his State of the Union
WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) is offering more feedback on President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address. The Corning Republican said he was pleased to see a manufacturing bill he has co-sponsored being highlighted in the … [Read more...]
[VIDEO] United Way Hits Campaign Goal
JAMESTOWN - With Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s book The Giving Tree as the call-to-action, the 2013 United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Campaign came to a momentous close Tuesday in the Sarita Weeks Reception Room at Jamestown Community … [Read more...]
Jamestown Public Schools to Hold public Hearing Feb. 4 on Tax Exemptions for Veterans
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education will hold a public hearing regarding the potential Alternative Veterans’ Exemption on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Washington Middle School auditorium. On Dec. 18, Governor … [Read more...]
President Calls for Action with or Without Congress in 2014 State of Union
WASHINGTON - President Obama delivered his 2014 State of the Union address on Tuesday night and during the speech, he said he would act on his own, if necessary, to help his fellow Americans. In his address, the president said 2014 will be a "year of … [Read more...]
Teresi Acknowledges Increased Drug Crime, Arsons in 2014 State of City Address
JAMESTOWN - When Mayor Sam Teresi delivered his State of the City Address on Monday Night, he mentioned two specific types of crime that have been on the rise during the past year. Teresi said that in 2014, the city's department of public safety … [Read more...]
