CELORON - Senator Cathy Young announced that she has secured a $75,000 grant to install a water main in the only portion of the Village that does not currently have municipal water access or fire hydrants. According to Young, the funding will … [Read more...]
Rock and Roll Rundown – July 27, 2017
The WRFA Rock n’ Roll Rundown is presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons and brought to you through the support of the Arthur R. Gren Company in Jamestown, NY. THU JUL 27 Jackson Rohm - Lakewood Gazebo - Lakewood FRI JUL … [Read more...]
County Will Not Financially Support Chemical Weed Killer Treatment of Chautauqua Lake
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County tax dollars will not be able to be used to help pay for the use of chemical weed killer on Chautauqua Lake. That was the result of Wednesday night’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting in Mayville, where lawmakers … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation Announces Irgang as Next Executive Director
JAMESTOWN - The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation board of directors has appointed Tory Irgang as the organization’s new executive director. Irgang will succeed Randy Sweeney, who is set to retire Dec. 31, after 20 years as executive director … [Read more...]
IDA Approves Tax Abatement Programs for Athenex
JAMESTOWN - A major economic development project in northern Chautauqua County has taken a step forward with the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency board of directors signing off on two different tax abatement programs. The $200 … [Read more...]
Arson and Overheated Wall Light Determined as Cause of Two Separate Fires in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown fire investigators have determined the cause of two fires that took place earlier this week in the city. According to the Post-Journal, investigators say the fire fire that destroyed an abandoned home at 426 E. Fifth Street … [Read more...]
BPU Approves New Flex Electric Rate Agreement with Monofrax
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board Of Public Utilities on Monday approved a new flex-rate agreement with Monofrax, who has participated in the program since it was founded. According to a media release from the BPU, the new agreement with Monofrax … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Gillibrand Announces Details of Opioid Addiction Prevention Act During Stop in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was in Jamestown on Monday to share details of the Opioid Addiction Prevention Act, a proposed piece of bipartisan legislation that would limit the amount of prescription opioids a physician can prescribe to … [Read more...]
Reed Will Oppose Any Health Care Bill that Doesn’t Include Faso-Collins Amendment
WASHINGTON - Republican leaders are steering the Senate toward a crucial vote on their bill eviscerating much of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's health care law. The pending vote has been buoyed by the near theatrical return to the … [Read more...]
City Fire Crews Battle Two Blazes on Monday
JAMESTOWN - City fire crews have been busy the past 24 hours battling two separate house fires in the city. Late Monday night the Jamestown Fire Department was called to a residence at 262 Falconer Street for a fire that reportedly originated on … [Read more...]
