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Jamestown Deputy Fire Chief Matt Coon Retiring May 9

April 2, 2025 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

Jamestown Deputy Fire Chief Matt Coon is set to retire on May 9. And now, a recently passed resolution will separate the leadership over the police and fire departments. In 2002, former Mayor Sam Teresi created the Director of Public Safety … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Police Department, Matt Coon, Sam Teresi, Tim Jackson

City Council To Vote On HOME Program Funds Reallocation, Resolution To Separate Police, Fire Dept. Leadership

March 31, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will vote on reallocating HOME program funds and also vote on a resolution to separate the Police and Fire Department leadership. Council will vote on submitting an amendment to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 1061 Allen Street, Annual Action Plan, CSEA Local 1000, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Police Department, Kim Ecklund, Matt Coon, Sam Teresi, Tim Jackson, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency

City Of Jamestown Seeking New Historian

March 7, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown is looking for a new Historian. Ashley Senske submitted her resignation from the volunteer position recently. She had been appointed by former Mayor Sam Teresi in 2019. According to her resignation letter, she worked with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Ashley Senske, City Historian, City of Jamestown, Jamestown Historic Marker Committee, Kim Ecklund, Sam Teresi

City Looking Into Ways To Get $1.3 Million Medicare Reimbursement From NYS

October 24, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

A program to move city retirees from city health insurance to a Medicare program that was supposed to save the city $1.3 million is currently costing the city instead. In 2017, the Teresi administration had a contract with the state that would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2025 city budget, Eddie Sundquist, Elliot Raimondo, Ericka Thomas, Financial Restructuring Board, Jamestown City Council, Jeff Russell, Medicare, Medicare Advantage plan, Sam Teresi, Tony Dolce

Fleet Maintenance Building Receives State Grant

September 26, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

A $1 million state grant has been secured for the Fleet Maintenance Building project on Washington Street. Jamestown Mayor Kim Ecklund announced the administration had been able to secure the Financial Restructuring Board (FRB) funds. However, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: bond, Central Garage, Eddie Sundquist, Ericka Thomas, Financial Restructuring Board, Fleet Maintenance Building, Jamestown City Council, Kim Ecklund, Mark Roetzer, Sam Teresi

BPU Annexation Litigation Case Coming To An End

April 23, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The litigation regarding the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Annexation of the Dow Street Substation is coming to an end. The BPU Board approved a settlement agreement at its monthly meeting Monday that will now go to the town of Ellicott, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Annexation, Chautauqua County Supreme Court, Dow Street Substation, Falconer Central School District, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Board, New York 4th Appellate Division, Sam Teresi, Town of Ellicott, Village of Falconer

Jamestown Calling on NYS To Increase Municipal Aid

March 12, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown is calling on New York State to increase municipal aid. A resolution has been reviewed by City Council requesting that the state legislature raise AIM funding, which has remain unchanged for the last 15 years. Mayor Kim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: City of Jamestown, Jamestown City Council, Kathy Hochul, Kim Ecklund, New York Conference of Mayors, New York State Budget, Sam Teresi, State Aid, Tony Dolce

New County Legislators Sworn In, Jamestown Legislator Wilfong Named Majority Leader

January 3, 2024 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

Five new members and 14 returning members were swore into the Chautauqua County Legislature at its reorganizational meeting Tuesday. The City of Jamestown has two new representatives with Republican Phil Landy being sworn in to represent District … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Landfill, Chautauqua County Legislature, Dalton Anthony, David Wilfong, Eddie Sundquist, Fred Johnson, Fred Larson, Kim Ecklund, Marcus Buchanan, Phillip Landy, Pierre Chagnon, Ripley, Sam Teresi, Tom Harmon

City Employees Among Recipients Of Grant Funds

October 26, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

By Eric Tichy and Julia Ciesla-Hanley etichy@post-journal.com wrfanews@reglenna.com Editor’s note: The following story is a collaboration between The Jamestown Post-Journal and 107.9 FM WRFA-LP. Several Jamestown employees were among more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, American Rescue Plan Act, COVID-19, Crystal Surdyk, Eddie Sundquist, Ellen Shadle, Federal Code of Regulations, Fordham University Law School, Housing Repair Mini Grant program, Jamestown Code of Ethics, Jamestown Department of Development, Jamestown Local Development Corporation, Kasie Foulk, Mark Davies, New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, Nick Langworthy, Sam Teresi, State General Municipal Law, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Mayor Sundquist Said Discussions On Diethrick Stadium Transfer to JCC Not New

August 3, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist said the transfer of Diethrick Stadium to Jamestown Community College has been discussed for many years. Sundquist said the earliest conversations go back to former Mayor Sam Teresi's administration. JCC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Planning Board, Daniel DeMarte, Eddie Sundquist, Jamestown Community College, Russell E. Diethrick Stadium, Sam Teresi

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