Jamestown City Council will vote on a local law to establish new Ward Boundary lines at its voting session tonight. The new map recommended by the Jamestown Reapportionment Commission has few changes in ward boundaries. Council also will vote … [Read more...]
Cassadaga Valley Central School Receives $203,000 for Pre-K Program
Cassadaga Valley Central School will receive over $203,000 to expand access to its pre-Kindergarten program. The funding is part of $11.7 million announced by Governor Kathy Hochul to expand access to full-day pre-K programs aross New York State. … [Read more...]
New State Law Bans Sale of Dogs, Cats at Pet Stores
A new state law bans the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits at retail pet stores. The legislation is aimed at ending the puppy mill-to-pet store pipeline and to stop abusive breeders. Based upon an agreement with the State Legislature, this … [Read more...]
Amy Poehler Joins National Comedy Center Board of Directors
Amy Poehler has joined the National Comedy Center's Board of Directors. With a wide-ranging comedy career that spans improv, sketch, situation comedy and feature films, the Emmy Award-winning Poehler has been acclaimed for her eight years as a … [Read more...]
JCC Names Barbi Price 2022 College Connections Teacher of the Year
Jamestown Community College has named Barbi Price from Jamestown High School has been named the 2022 College Connections Teacher of the Year. Price, who retired in June, taught public speaking to her students through the College Connections high … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] YWCA Jamestown’s Broadscast: Ep 12 – AIDS/HIV Awareness
YWCA Jamestown’s Broadscast features members of the local YWCA Jamestown team – Hillary Belin, Indo Quinones, Alize Scott, and Cienna Simon – discussing a variety of issues and topics with various guests from the Jamestown and Chautauqua … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Alize Scott – December 15, 2022
WRFARadio · Community Matters - Alize Scott - December 15, 2022 Talking about racism, white privilege, and micro-aggressions may not seem like good holiday fun, but we take on these topics with YWCA's Director of Social Justice and Race Equity Alize … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – John Barber – December 15, 2022
The YMCA of Jamestown has a new Vice President of Operations following the retirement of their long-time Executive Director Mark Eckendorf. … [Read more...]
U.S. House Passes Stop-Gap Funding Bill, Sempolinski Votes No
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a stop gap one-week funding bill to give lawmakers more time to pass a bill to fully fund the federal government through its fiscal year on September 30, 2023. The stopgap measure, known as a … [Read more...]
USPS Offering Free COVID-19 Test Kits Again
The United States Postal Service is once again offering delivery of free COVID-19 test kits. Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of four free at-home tests from USPS.com. There is a limit of one order per residential … [Read more...]
