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Jamestown School Officials Learn More about Legal Implications of Transgender Policy for Students

February 15, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board received its final presentation regarding transgender student policy during its board meeting at Lincoln School on Tuesday night. Following up on a presentation last month about challenges transgender … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Pine Bush Central School District, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains, Title IX, Transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

Teresi Comments on Possible Annexation of BPU Property in Falconer

February 6, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi has offered more details about the city’s effort to annex a piece of property that sits in the village of Falconer/Town of Ellicott. Last month the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities announced it had hired an attorney … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Annexation, Bond Schoeneck and King, Falconer, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown Public Schools, Kathleen Bennett, Sam Teresi, State of the City, Town of Ellicott

[LISTEN] Economic Development, Addressing Poverty, and Government Efficiency Highlight 2017 State of the City Message

January 31, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE JAMESTOWN -  Mayor Sam Teresi delivered his 2017 State of the City message to the Jamestown City Council and members of the press on Monday night. However, just like last year, the mayor decided not to read the State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: Downtown Revitalization Initiative, Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative, Heroin, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Public Schools, Key Bank, Sam Teresi, State of the City, UPMC Chautauqua WCA

Jamestown School Board Receives Second of Three Transgender Student Presentations

January 25, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board is continuing its effort to settle on a new policy for protecting Transgender Students in the district. On Tuesday night, Superintendent Tim Mains and Jamestown High School nurse practitioner Deborah Piotrowski … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Deborah Piotrowski, Helen Walther, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Southern Tier Trans Network, Tim Mains

Jamestown School Board to Meet Tuesday Night

January 24, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board will hold a regular Meeting Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the School Board Room, located in the school administration building on Martin Rd. JAN. 24 MEETING AGENDA Among the items on the agenda is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board

Jamestown School Board Names Interim Superintendent

January 13, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board has appointed an interim superintendent to manage the school after current Superintendent Tim Mains leaves the district at the end of February. School officials announced on Thursday night that Sylvia Root … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2017-18 Jamestown School Budget, David O'Rourke, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Pine Bush Central School District, Potsdam Central School District, Springville-Griffin Institute Central School District, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains

Mains to Leave as Jamestown School Superintendent at the End of February

January 12, 2017 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools will soon start looking for a new superintendent. On Wednesday the school district announced that current superintendent Tim Mains will be leaving the district at the end of February to take a job at the Pine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Deke Kathman, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Pine Bush Central School District, Rochester City School District, Tim Mains

City Officials Consider Tax Abatement Program to Encourage Rehab of Vacant, Condemned Properties

January 10, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council got its first look Monday night at a proposed program that would address abandoned and vacant homes and properties in the city. City Development Director Vince DeJoy said that through the proposed Local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Legislature, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Public Schools, Local Property Tax Abatement Incentive, Vince DeJoy

[LISTEN] Teresi Addresses City Snowplowing and Removal Following Weekend Storm

December 13, 2016 By WRFA Radio 7 Comments

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE JAMESTOWN - Despite the challenges and justified criticism, the snow plowing and removal efforts by city road crews this past weekend deserve to be recognized. That’s the message from Jamestown mayor Sam … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Public Schools, Lake Effect Snow, Sam Teresi, Winter Storm

35 Water Sample Collected at Jamestown Public Schools Exceed State Standard for Lead

December 8, 2016 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Lead has been detected in some of the drinking water that was recently tested at Jamestown Public Schools. That’s according to school officials, who announced earlier this week that the district - along with all others in New York … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Lead, Tim Mains

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