Residents of Lakeview Avenue are asking the city to create more stringent policies for noise ordinance violations. Several residents spoke at Jamestown City Council's work session Monday night saying the noise issues on the street have become a … [Read more...]
Jamestown’s Juneteenth Celebration Is Three Days of Music, Community & Worship
Jamestown Juneteenth's Festival will be a three day celebration of live music, community, and worship. Juneteenth recognizes when enslaved people living in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation approximately 2.5 years after the Civil War … [Read more...]
20th Annual Scandinavian Folk Festival Set for July 15-16
The 20th Annual Scandinavian Folk Festival takes place this weekend in downtown Jamestown. It will run from 10am to 8pm Saturday, July 15 and 10am to 4pm Sunday, July 16 at the Northwest Arena. The event will include several presentations … [Read more...]
[LISTEN/WATCH] Arts On Fire Live – Paul Leone Presents the Works of Edgar Allen Poe
LISTEN AT WRFA SOUNDCLOUD PAGE Author/Story Teller Paul Leone shares the works of Edgar Allen Poe as part of the Arts on Fire LIVE public performance series inside the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts' Media Arts Studio in Jamestown, NY on Friday, … [Read more...]
Free Arts on Fire LIVE! Show to Feature Rebecca McIlvain on Friday, Sept. 27
JAMESTOWN - A new free performing arts series - Arts On Fire LIVE! - is set to begin its fall season in Reg Lenna Center for The Arts' Media Studio. The September 27 event will feature music from Rebecca Mcilvain. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Arts on Fire – Paul Leone Discusses Ode on a Grecian Urn: The English Romantics
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Friday, May 31, 2019 Well-known writer, publisher, and storyteller Paul Leone stops by the studio to discuss his upcoming recitation of romantic poetry from the 19th century. Paul's … [Read more...]
Jamestown Resident Calls for Resignation of Five Zoning Board Members in Wake of Sheldon House Decision
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Published June 23, 2017 at 9:56 a.m.; Revised June 23, 2017 at 10:40 a.m.) JAMESTOWN - An individual who had made an offer to Jamestown Community College to purchase the Sheldon House and keep it as a residential property has some … [Read more...]
Lynn Group Will Not Pursue Further Legal Action Following Appellate Court Decision on Sheldon House
JAMESTOWN - The Lynn Development Group says it will not proceed with trying to purchase the Sheldon House in Jamestown following an appellate court's decision to overturn a zoning variance for the property. The announcement comes via a statement … [Read more...]
State Appellate Division Court Overturns Zoning Board Variance for Sheldon House
ROCHESTER - A state appellate court has overturned a 2016 zoning variance granted by the Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals involving the Sheldon House. On Friday, ,June 16 the New York 4th Appellate Division, based in Rochester, released its … [Read more...]
Sheldon House Appeal to Go to Court on May 16
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that a court date has been set for a second appeal attempt by a group of Lakeview Avenue-area residents who want to prevent the historic Sheldon House from being converted into corporate offices for … [Read more...]
