JAMESTOWN - A month long celebration of Hispanic heritage begins tonight at Jamestown Community College with live music and the kickoff to the Jamestown Reads program. The Cultural Bridges Action Team (CBAT) of the City’s Strategic Planning and … [Read more...]
Library Board Reviews and Approves 2015 Audit
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library received a clean independent audit for the 2015 fiscal year. During Thursday afternoon’s meeting the board of trustees reviewed the audit prepared by Michael Correy, which affirmed for the board that … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library Board to Likely Consider Budget Cuts During Thursday Board Meeting
JAMESTOWN - The Prendergast Library Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting this afternoon at the library. No agenda has been provided regarding what business will be discussed at the meeting, although it is open to the public. Last month … [Read more...]
GA Family Services to Develop Mural for Barrett Ave. Exit in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN - Public art could soon be coming to the Washington Street Bridge Barrett Ave. connector in Jamestown. On Monday night representatives from GA Family Services appeared before the Jamestown City Council to share their proposal for a … [Read more...]
City Summer Playground Program Begins Monday, June 27
JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown has announced another season of the Summer Playground Program. This year will include a free lunch program provided at each site by the Jamestown YMCA in conjunction with the St. Susan Center. The five playground … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Prendergast Library Meeting – June 16, 2016
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE The Jamestown Prendergast Library board of trustees held its monthly meeting on Thursday, June 16, 2016 and board president Tom Rankin spent a few minutes updating the public on how the library plans to proceed for … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library to Reduce Hours of Operation Starting July 1
Move will save $30,000 for remainder of 2016, board also votes on cutting spending for materials JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library will be reducing the number of hours that it will be open each week, starting in July. On Thursday the … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library Meets Thursday, Not known what Board will Discuss
JAMESTOWN - The Prendergast Library Board of Trustees will meet Thursday afternoon. The meeting will be the first for the board since city residents rejected the library’s $850,000 funding initiative earlier this month. Because the library has … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Tina Scott from the James Prendergast Library
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, June 9, 2016 on Community Matters. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Tina Scott, Executive Director of the James Prendergast Library in Jamestown NY after voters … [Read more...]
Residents Vote Against Prendergast Library Tax
JAMESTOWN - Voters in Jamestown have overwhelmingly rejected an $850,000 tax referendum for the James Prendergast Library. The vote on the library Funding Initiative took place Tuesday at the Prendergast Library, with any eligible voters in the … [Read more...]
