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City Council To Vote on $2.7 Million Bond Renewal To Cover Costs to Complete Fleet Maintenance Building Project

April 29, 2024 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

Jamestown City Council will vote on issuing $2.7 million bond to cover the completion of the Fleet Maintenance Building project. City Comptroller Ericka Thomas said $4,890,000 has been spent to date on the project, "The BAN that we got last year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, Bucks for Baseball fund, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Ericka Thomas, Fleet Maintenance Building, Furniture Mart Building, Jamestown City Council, Mark Roetzer, New York State Financial Restructuring Board, Prendergast Landing Project, Restore New York, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park, Spectrum Northeast LLC, Springbrook financial accounting and payroll software

WRFA to Broadcast Jamestown Tarp Skunk Home Games

June 2, 2021 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN, NY – The Jamestown Tarp Skunks and WRFA Radio are pleased to announce a broadcast agreement for the 2021 season. The new agreement involves all Tarp Skunks' home games being broadcast on the local airwaves at 107.9 FM, as well as streaming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Collin Wood, Daniel Mallea, Jacob Kindberg, Jamestown Tarp Skunks, Jason Sample, Norman Rodriguez, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park, Sarah Disbro

13-Year Old Babe Ruth World Series to Take Place August 14th-21st

May 28, 2021 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The 13-year old Babe Ruth World Series will take place this August at Diethrick Park. The Jamestown Babe Ruth World Series Board of Directors announced that this will be the 40th Anniversary of this age group's series. It'll be held August 14th to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Babe Ruth World Series, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park

Jamestown Community Baseball Chooses ‘Tarp Skunks’ as New Team Name

January 23, 2020 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown has a new baseball team name for the 2020 season. On Thursday Jamestown Community Baseball LLC held a special event at Jamestown Community College to announce the name of the new locally owned collegiate baseball … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Frank Fanning, Howard Ehmke, Jamestown Community Baseball LLC, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown Expos, Jamestown Jammers, New York Penn League, Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park

Lease Agreement Signing Takes Place with New Owners of Jamestown Jammers

June 25, 2019 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A special event took place Monday afternoon at Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park in Jamestown to usher in a new era of locally owned baseball in Jamestown. Jamestown Community Baseball LLC boar president Russ Diethrick was on hand and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Community Baseball LLC, Russ Diethrick, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park

[LISTEN] Jammers Will ‘Go Dark’ in 2019 and Reorganize Under New Ownership

October 25, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Jammers collegiate league baseball team won’t be taking the field in 2019. That was the news delivered Wednesday during a press conference at Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park as the owners of the collegiate team – ROC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2019 City Budget, Anthony Barone, Greg Peterson, Jamestown Community Baseball LLC, Jamestown Jammers, Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, Randy Anderson, Robert Julian, ROC Ventures, Russ Diethrick, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park, Sam Teresi

Reg Lenna Center for The Arts offers two events to the public on Aug. 3

August 3, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Reg Lenna Center for The Arts offers two events to the public on Friday, Aug. 3. The Reg will reopen 3rd on 3rd Gallery in a new street level space at 5:30 p.m. Friday with a free public reception for the Instagram photo show … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 3rd on 3rd Gallery, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, MyJtownNY, Peter Funt, Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park

Teams Set for 2018 Babe Ruth World Series, First Pitch is Saturday at Diethrick Park

August 2, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The 2018 16-18 year-old Babe Ruth World Series is just a couple days away. The 8-day long tournament, which features 25 games at Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park in Jamestown, NY will feature players ages 16 to 18 and will run from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Babe Ruth World Series, Kim Ecklund, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park

Lead Paint at Diethrick Park Adds $110,000 to Grandstand Project

May 22, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The cost of repainting the grandstand at Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park will be five times more than originally expected. The city of Jamestown, which owns the park, has been hit with $110,000 in unexpected costs related to the project … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Babe Ruth World Series, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Jammers, Long Island Enterprise, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park, Sam Teresi

City Council to Act on Construction Projects During Monday’s Voting Session

April 30, 2018 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will act on several resolutions focusing on construction projects when it meets Monday in City Hall for its monthly voting session. Highlighting the council’s voting session is a resolution for the city to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Empire Development, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Police Department, Jamestown Roofing, National Comedy Center, Public Piazza Project, R. Patti Concrete, Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park

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