JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown recently saw an improvement in its credit rating and that's good news for a city government that will likely be borrowing money in the coming months to address equipment and infrastructure needs. Jamestown Mayor … [Read more...]
Jamestown Democrats Begin Search for Mayoral Candidate
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Democratic Committee has started the process of searching for a candidate to run for mayor in this year's election. City Democratic Committee Chair Jim Walton tells WRFA that he has called a search committee to identify … [Read more...]
JLDC Approves Grant Funding for Two Downtown Entertainment Events at Reg Lenna, Northwest Arena
JAMESTOWN - The first allocation of downtown programming assistance funding was approved by the Jamestown Local Development Corporation on Tuesday. The JLDC board of directors held its first meeting of the new year and as part of new business the … [Read more...]
Teresi Won’t Run for Reelection, Jamestown to See First Open-Seat Mayoral Race Since 1993
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE ON SOUNDCLOUD CORRECTION: An earlier report indicated this year's race would be the first open-seat race since 1993. This is technically incorrect because the mayor at that time, Carolyn Seymour (D), did run for … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Liuzzo to Run for Mayor of Jamestown
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown City Councilman Andrew Liuzzo (R-At Large) on Saturday announced his intention to run for mayor of Jamestown in the 2019 Election. Liuzzo made the announcement at A1 Auto on Harrison Street with more than three dozen supporters … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Teresi Outlines Several Initiatives and Areas of Focus for 2019 in Annual State of the City Address
JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi delivered his annual state of the city address Monday night. The mayor passed on verbally reviewing the accomplishments from the past year during his address to the Jamestown City Council and also passed on laying out … [Read more...]
Graham-Reinhardt Appointed to Jamestown City Council
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council is once again at full strength. On Monday night members of the council acted on Mayor Sam Teresi's appointment of Tamu Graham-Reinhardt (D) to the fill the at large council seat vacated by Vannessa Weinert at … [Read more...]
Jamestown BPU Okays Additional $125,000 towards Annexation Lawsuit, Total Cost to BPU Now Exceeds $400,000
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities has approved another round of payments for the law firm hired to handle the Falconer Substation Annexation Case. During it Monday afternoon board meeting, the board approved an additional … [Read more...]
Teresi to Deliver State of the City Monday Night
JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi will deliver his state of the city during Monday's Jamestown City Council meeting. The annual report will highlight activities and accomplishments that took place in 2018 while also previewing the mayor's agenda for … [Read more...]
City to Extend Time Limits for Downtown Parking, Reduce Parking Fees in Some Spots
"There's a recommendation that we will be putting into effect where rates will even decrease on the peripheries of the downtown area where we have 12-hour meters on 5th and 6th streets. Those will actually be reduced in cost from 50 cents and hour to … [Read more...]
