JAMESTOWN - The Roger Tory Peterson Institute is now part of the Jamestown Community College Campus. The Jamestown Community College board of trustees approved a resolution allowing the college to acquire the RTPI property on Curtis St. during a … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: JSBA Announces 2013 Summer Concert Series
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Savings Bank Arena proudly presents the second annual Big City Summer Concert Series. The summer concert series will take place on Friday’s from 7-9pm between Lafayette Street next the JSB Arena and the patio behind the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: WRFA Great American Picnic Fundraiser is Sunday
LAKEWOOD, NY – An annual fundraising event for the only locally owned, non-religious radio station in Chautauqua County will be taking place Sunday, June 2 and everyone is invited! WRFA-LP and the Southern Tier Brewing Co. are teaming up to … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Police Continue Search for Man Connected to Growing Operation
JAMESTOWN - Police are still looking for a man connected to a marijuana growing operation located last Thursday on Barrows St. Officers with the Jamestown Police Dept. say drug investigators found 59 marijuana plants in a grow operation at 146 … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Unemployment Rate for April Falls by Over Half a Percent
BUFFALO - The unemployment rate in Chautauqua County was at 8.1 percent during the month of April. That’s according to the state labor department, which says the rate was about .7 percent lower than March. The reduction in the rate is attributed to … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Town of Ellicott Changes Meeting Times
FALCONER - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that officials in the town of Ellicott have made the decision to change the times of their regular board meetings. The board will be meeting at 6 p.m., which they have changed from a 7 p.m. start. … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Waterways Project Grant Application Deadline is June 1
JAMESTOWN - The Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Economic Development would like to remind those interested in applying for grant funding for lake and waterways projects that the applications are due no later than 4 p.m. on June 1, … [Read more...]
LOCAL MUSIC: 7:30 Boys Featured on May 24 Edition of Local Rush Hour
JAMESTOWN - Some special guests stopped by the WRFA studios on Friday, May 24 for an interview on the Local Rush Hour. WRFA's Jason Sample sat down and talked with members of Jamestown Hip-Hop group the 7:30 Boys (B.A.M.A., C. Banga and Jonny Ray) … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: City and Community Officials Break Ground on Riverwalk Expansion
JAMESTOWN - A quarter million dollar effort to expand the Jamestown Riverwalk along the north shore of the Chadakoin River got underway Thursday afternoon with an official ground breaking ceremony. Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi was joined by nearly a … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Grape Discovery Center Opens This Weekend
WESTFIED - The Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association, Inc. announces the Memorial Day Weekend opening of an information center, retail outlet, and tasting room at the Grape Discovery Center on Route 20, just west of the Village of … [Read more...]
