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Latest News from Jamestown NY

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

MORNING NEWS: Reed Offers Update on Tax Reform

April 16, 2013 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

WASHINGTON - Monday was the last day for Americans to file their 2012 State and Federal Income Taxes without an extension, and Chautauqua County’s congressman used the day to put the spotlight his effort to reform and simplify the tax … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: House of Representatives, House Ways and Means Committee, Income Tax, Tax Code, Tom Reed, U.S. Senate

MORNING NEWS: County Officials Discuss Falconer DPF Shop Upgrade

April 16, 2013 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

MAYVILLE - The preliminary price tag on the cost of updating the County’s Public Facilities Shop in Falconer is about $4,000,000.  That’s according to an article in today’s Jamestown Post-Journal, which says county DPF Director George Spanos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Department of Public Facilities, Chautauqua County Legislature, George Spanos

MORNING NEWS: County Jail Announces First Graduates of Ready Set Work Program

April 16, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Jail, in partnership with the Chautauqua County Office of Probation, recently graduated the first “Ready, Set, Work” participants. The graduation took place last Wednesday night in the county jail. . Ready, Set, Work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Jail, Chautauqua County Office of Probation, CodyAnne Weise, Division of Criminal Justice Services, National Institute of Correction, Philip Evans, Ready Set Work

MORNING NEWS: Nationally Celebrated Comedians to Descend on Jamestown in August

April 15, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A couple of nationally known entertainers will be making their way to Jamestown this summer to take pat in the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. On Friday afternoon, officials with the Lucy-Dezi Center held a press conference in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bill Engvall, GI’s of Comedy, Gregg Openheimer, Journey Gunderson, Kathleen Madigan, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucy Desi Center for Comedy, Pandora, Rooftop Comedy, Wanda Clark

MORNING NEWS: Lucy-Desi Officials Hire Firm to Develop Comedy Hall of Fame

April 15, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Lucy-Desi Center for Comedy revealed on Friday it is in the master-planning stage of developing a national center for comedy in Jamestown, NY. The organization has hired Jack Rouse Associates to develop a master plan for a national … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jack Rouse Associates, Jamestown Gateway Train Station, Lucy Desi Center for Comedy

MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Committee to Discuss Upgrades to DPF’s Falconer Shop

April 15, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding its monthly committee meetings this week in Mayville with the first taking place this afternoon. The county’s public facilities committee will b meeting at 4 p.m. in the Gerace Office … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Department of Public Facilities, Chautauqua County Legislature, George Spanos

MORNING NEWS: Gillibrand to Appear in Olean on Monday

April 15, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

OLEAN - New York State’s Junior U.S. Senator will be in Cattaraugus County today to hold a roundtable discussion on helping local businesses. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) will join officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jeffrey Belt, Kirsten Gillibrand, SolEpoxy, U.S. Small Business Administration

MORNING NEWS: Humane Society Offers Cat Adoption Deal with Cats-A-Pawlooza!

April 15, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Chautauqua County Humane Society is set to begin Cats-a-Pawlooza week starting today and continuing through Saturday, April 20. The week offers a terrific cat adoption promotion, an open house event to reveal the newly remodeled Cat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bertha Hamilton Trust Foundation, Chautauqua County Humane Society, Everyday’s True Value Hardware

BREAKING NEWS: Jamestown Police Locate Dunkirk Man Wanted in Connection to Shooting

April 12, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Officers with the Jamestown Police Department have captured a Dunkirk man wanted in connection to a shooting that took place last weekend in the north county city. According to a media release sent out Friday morning by the JPD, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dunkirk Police Department, Jamestown Police Department, Montel Cooper, New York State Police

MORNING NEWS: Officials to Announce Entertainers for 2013 Lucy Comedy Festival

April 12, 2013 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A major announcement from the Lucille Ball–Dezi Arnez Center for Comedy will be made later today in downtown Jamestown. Officials with the Lucy-Desi Center will hold a press conference at the Jamestown Gateway Train Station today at noon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Greg Edwards, Journey Gunderson, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucy Desi Center for Comedy

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