MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, July 12, 2018. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi about the completion of two new phases of the Jamestown Riverwalk Project, the upcoming … [Read more...]
Congress to Vote on Bill Recognizing National Comedy Center
WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) announced Thursday that his bill to officially designate the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, and recognize it as the only museum of its kind that exists for the exclusive purpose of celebrating … [Read more...]
Lenny Bruce Exhibit, Roundtable Among Highlights of National Comedy Center Grand Opening
JAMESTOWN, NY - The 2018 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and opening of the National Comedy Center (NCC) is just three weeks away. A key exhibit that will be featured at the NCC will focus on the life and work of Lenny Bruce, whose provocative and – … [Read more...]
City Zoning Board Approves Variance and Special Use Requests from National Comedy Center
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals has approved the variance and special use requests from the National Comedy Center to install two large electronic signs on the facade of the facility. Much of Thursday’s hearing focused on … [Read more...]
Temporary Way-Finding Signage to Be Posted in Jamestown as Officials Await Final Plan
JAMESTOWN - Temporary way-finding signs will be put up around the city in the coming weeks as city officials await the completion of a $500,000 permanent way-finding plan. On Monday night department of public works director Jeff Lehman presented … [Read more...]
25-Year Development Odyssey: The National Comedy Center Finds a Home in Jamestown’s Historic Train Station
JAMESTOWN, NY - The acquisition of the Gateway Train Station (formerly "Erie-Lackawanna Train Station") and its surrounding property by the National Comedy Center in the Summer of 2017 was the culmination of a 25-year renovation and development … [Read more...]
Comedy Center Board Chairman Responds to Zoning Board Tabling Variance, Special Use Requests
JAMESTOWN - The effort to get a zoning variance and special use permit for two digital signs at the National Comedy Center will be moving forward. That’s according to NCC board chairman Tom Benson after the city zoning board tabled a request by … [Read more...]
Public Kept in the Dark as NCC Gains Ownership of Train Station Property
JAMESTOWN - The National Comedy Center (NCC) has been in ownership of the Gateway Train Station property on W. Second St. since August 2017, but it was never publicly announced. The news of the change in ownership was made public on the … [Read more...]
No Representation from NCC at Zoning Board Hearing Leads to Tabling Variance, Special Use Permit
JAMESTOWN - A variance request involving electronic signage at the National Comedy Center (NCC) had to be tabled by the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals Wednesday because no one from the NCC was on hand to represent the organization. The NCC is … [Read more...]
National Comedy Center to Seek Zoning Variance for Two Electronic Signs
JAMESTOWN - A variance request involving electronic signage at the National Comedy Center will go before the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals Wednesday afternoon, June 6. According to a public notice, the National Comedy Center is seeking an area … [Read more...]
