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Latest News from Jamestown NY

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

Taglianetti Found Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Clymer School Superintendent

November 11, 2013 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

The murder trial of Anthony Robert Taglianetti II is now over. On Friday afternoon, a jury of Chautauqua County residents found Taglianetti guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Keith Reed Jr. Reed was a Clymer Central School … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Anthony Robert Taglianetti II, Chautauqua County Court, Clymer Central School, David Foley, Keith Reed Jr., Ned Barone

Closing Arguments in Taglianetti Trial Scheduled for Friday

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Closing arguments in the Anthony Robert Taglianetti murder trial are expected to take place this morning in Chautauqua County Court. According to a published report, Public Defender Ned Barone and his defense team rested its case on Thursday. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Anthony Robert Taglianetti II, Chautauqua County Court, John Ward, Keith Reed Jr., Ned Barone

Voter Turnout for Election Day only 33 Percent

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Just one third of all registered voters in Chautauqua County made it to the polls on Election Day. That’s according to Chautauqua County Board of Elections democratic election commissioner Norman Green, who says a total of 25,518 of 77,446 eligible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2013 Election, Chautauqua County Board of Elections, Norman Green

Reed to Unveil Details of Water Resources Reform and Development Act in Dunkirk

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Congressman Tom Reed will be in Chautauqua County this morning to discuss waterway infrastructure improvements from Chautauqua Lake and Lake Erie. The Corning Republican, who’s represented Chautauqua County since January of this year, will be at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andy Goodell, Chautauqua Lake, Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, Dunkirk Harbor, Greg Edwards, Lake Erie, Tom Reed, Water Resources Reform and Development Act

Deadline on STAR Property Tax Exemption is Dec. 31

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R,C,I-Chautauqua) is reminding local homeowners to re-apply to receive their STAR Property Tax Exemption. The program, which saves the average New York homeowner $700 per year, requires renewal before the end of the year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Andy Goodell, Enhanced STAR, STAR Property Tax Exemption

Lillian Dickson Park Receives Funding from Kiwanis Club

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The cold weather may be here to stay, but that hasn’t stopped the effort for members in the Jamestown Community to help with a playground upgrade project The Kiwanis Club of Jamestown recently donated a $2,500 piece of playground equipment to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Kiwanis Club of Jamestown, Lillian Dickson Park

Briggs Named as JCC Art Gallery Director

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Patricia Briggs has been named director of galleries and curator of collections and exhibitions at Jamestown Community College. Dr. Briggs will provide leadership for exhibitions, programming, and art collections on both the Jamestown and Cattaraugus … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Community College, Patricia Briggs

Anything Goes Premieres Tonight

November 8, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown Community College’s production of Anything Goes opens tonight. The musical, directed by Robert Schlick with technical direction by Steven Gustafson, will be performed in JCC’s Scharmann Theatre at 8 p.m. tonight, Nov. 9, 15, 16, 22, and 23 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Anything Goes, Jamestown Community College, JCC Uncommoners, Robert Schlick, Steven Gustafson

WRFA Technical Issues Pre-Empt Regular Program Schedule

November 7, 2013 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

WRFA is experiencing major issues with our programming computer, which is impacting our regular programming over the air both Wednesday afternoon and evening as well as Thursday morning and afternoon. We're still on the air, but our regularly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, Station News and Events

Horrigan Wins 2013 Election, Will Become Chautauqua County’s Next Executive

November 6, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Bemus Point republican Vince Horrigan will be Chautauqua County’s next County Executive. On Election Day 2013, Horrigan picked up over 54 percent of the vote to defeat Fredonia Democrat Ron Johnson. The unofficial vote total was 13,858 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: 2013 Election, Chautauqua County Executive Race, Chautauuqa County Executive, Greg Edwards, Ron Johnson, Vince Horrigan

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