JAMESTOWN - The first meeting of a group created to identify and discuss possible cost saving measures and efficiencies in city government took place Wednesday afternoon in Jamestown city Hall. According to an article in the Jamestown … [Read more...]
City Council Continues to Review 2015 Budget with Department Heads
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council’s review of the 2015 budget continued this week with council members meeting Monday night with Public Safety director and police chief Harry Snellings, along with deputy fire chief Chet Harvey. Both men … [Read more...]
Resident Voices Concern Over BPU Recycling Credit Program
JAMESTOWN - A city resident says the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' recently introduced Residential Recycling Credit Program is flawed and as a result could open the city up to ta class action lawsuit. Jamestown resident Guinn Anderson spoke … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Jamestown City Officials Discuss Illegal Drug Activity During Monday Meeting
JAMESTOWN - City officials spent much of Monday’s Jamestown City Council work session discussing the growing drug problem in the area. Council President Greg Rabb asked police chief Harry Snellings to provide details on what the police department … [Read more...]
Street Abandonment Paves Way for Expansion of Scrap Metal Business
JAMESTOWN - Several residents from the north side of Jamestown are making their concerns known about the abandonment of a city street that would help in the expansion effort of a local scrap metal business. On Monday night, the Jamestown City … [Read more...]
Rabb to Receive HOME’s 2014 Metzger Human Rights Award
JAMESTOWN - The president of the Jamestown City Council is receiving a regional Human Rights award. Jamestown city council president Greg Rabb has been named the recipient of the 2014 Sarah G. Metzger Human Rights Award from an Buffalo-based … [Read more...]
City Residents Voice Concerns over North Side Scrap Metal Business
JAMESTOWN - A group of residents from Jamestown’s north side are voicing their concern over the noise and pollution that is coming from a locally operated scrap metal business. Earlier this month, four individuals spoke to city officials about the … [Read more...]
City Council President to Attend Friday Protest of Local Newspaper
JAMESTOWN - Friday's rainy weather doesn’t appear to be affecting the plan for a group of area residents to protest The Post-Journal this afternoon. As WRFA first reported on Thursday, the group has planned the protest in response to what it claims … [Read more...]
Protest of Jamestown Newspaper Planned for Friday
JAMESTOWN - A group of local residents are organizing a protest of the area's only daily newspaper for what it claims is a misrepresentation of the community and publishing slurs and insults toward certain groups of people. At least 50 people are … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] WRFA Interview with Gregory Rabb – February 20, 2014
JAMESTOWN - WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown City Council President Gregory Rabb (pictured) about a planned protest of The Post-Journal, along with the paper's handling of letters to the editor and online readers … [Read more...]
