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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: Jamestown Gazette Hosts Ribbon Cutting

October 23, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Another new business in downtown Jamestown will be having a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. The Jamestown Gazette will be having a ribbon cutting and open house this morning at 10a.m. for its new headquarters, located at 215 Spring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Downtown Jamestown Development Corporation, Jamestown Gazette, Lee Harkness, Sam Teresi

MORNING NEWS: BPU Water Advisory for Lakewood, West Ellicott

October 23, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - BPU water customers in Celoron, West Ellicott and Lakewood should be on the lookout for discolored water today. A sprinkler company will conduct an annual full flow discharge fire pump test at a private company on Jackson Avenue in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Board of Public Utilities

MORNING NEWS: LOWV ‘Meet the Candidates’ Event is Tonight at Prendergast Library

October 22, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Election day is just 15 days away, and with that, the candidates for various state and federal offices are starting to kick their election effort into high gear. Part of the campaign effort includes debating the issues, and residents in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 150th Assembly District, 1891 Fredonia Opera House, 2012 Election, 23rd Congressional District, American Association of University Women, Chautauqua County Court, Chautauqua County League of Women Voters, Community Matters, James Prendergast Library, Marcia Merrins, Nate Shinagawa, Tom Reed, William Coughlin

MORNING NEWS: Edwards Asks Residents to Sign Petition Supporting NRG PowerUpWNY Plan

October 22, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards is calling on county residents to support the PowerUpWNY campaign to get the NRG plant in Dunkirk back into the power making business Edwards says participating County Office Buildings will now have hard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Dunkirk Repowering Project, Greg Edwards, NRG, PowerUPWNY

MORNING NEWS: Reed Announces Support for PowerUPWNY, Draws Criticism from Opponent

October 22, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

DUNKIRK - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) has come out in support of the NRG plant’s effort to upgrade to natural gas. Reed is throwing his support behind NRG, Inc. - a privately owned power plant in Dunkirk - saying he wants to keep it open and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Champlain Hudson Power Express Transmission Line, Nate Shinagawa, NRG, PowerUPWNY, Sierra Club, Tom Reed

MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Approves County Home Resolution

October 19, 2012 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards will begin the process of finalizing a contract with a Chicago-based company for the sale of the Chautauqua County Home. During a special meeting of the Chautauqua County Legislature last night in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Altitude Health Services, Avi Rothner, Chautauqua County CHamber of Commerce, Chautauqua County Home, Chautauqua County Legislature, Greg Edwards, Larry Barmore, Lori Cornell, Rita Koharski, Todd Tranum

MORNING NEWS: Restuarant Owner Charged with Selling Drugs through Deliver Service

October 19, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The owner of a food-delivery business in Jamestown has been arrested and charged for allegedly selling drugs with food deliveries. City police say 50 year old Jack E. Kincaid of Jamestown faces charges of  criminal sale of marijuana, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jack Kincaid, Police Report

MORNING NEWS: County Home Once Again in Spotlight Tonight in Mayville

October 18, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MAYVILLE – The issue of selling the Chautauqua County Home will go before county lawmakers this evening in Mayville. Earlier this month, Legislature Chairman Jay Gould (R-Ashville) scheduled a special meeting to take place tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2013 County Budget, Altitude Health Services, Chautauqua County Home, Chautauqua County Legislature, Greg Edwards, Jay Gould

MORNING NEWS: Shinagawa Leads Reed in Individual Donations, Reed Dominates in PAC Donations

October 18, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

ITHACA - Most of the money that recently came in for the campaign to elect Nate Shinagawa (D-Ithaca) is coming from private donors, while the majority of the money going toward the effort to re-elect republican Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) comes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2012 Election, 23rd Congressional District, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Federal Election Commission, Nate Shinagawa, Tom Reed

MORNING NEWS: Five JCC Students Have Work in Display in Albany

October 18, 2012 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Artwork created by five Jamestown Community College students are included in the fall State University of New York Student Art Exhibition. The juried exhibition is on display in SUNY Plaza in Albany until February 1. Works by current JCC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Hye “Rosie” Lim, Jamestown Community College, Joe Rice, Justin Pope, Kyla Hill, Maddie Schlick, SUNY Student Art Exhibition

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