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The city Department of Development has been continuing to work with housing demolition contractors. City Council members were recently updated on the progress. Kacie Foulk discussed demolitions with members of the Housing Committee on Monday. Councilwoman Hannah Jaroszynski, D-Ward 5 and ...

Wednesday Incident Prompts Warning To Parents

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Three Jamestown residents face charges after children under their care were allegedly attacking other people, smashing windows out of a residence and interfering with police work early Wednesday morning. The charges come the same day Jamestown police reminded city residents through a social ...

Prison sentence announced in city drug ring

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A Buffalo man already serving a 25 year to life sentence for murder has been sentenced to 14.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug crimes in Jamestown. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Wednesday that Ernest Brown, a/k/a Wayne Perry, a/k/a Wayne Brown, 43, Buffalo, was ...

City school board approves teacher hiring incentives

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The continued struggle to recruit teachers has prompted the Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education to approve two incentives - one for student-teachers and one for new teachers. Dr. Dr. Kevin Whitaker, Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, said the student teacher sign-on bonus will ...

Langworthy fumes over Canada wildfire impact on region’s air

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U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy is steaming over the "very unhealthy" air quality impacting Western New York --- and intends to reach out to Canada about the issue. Noting that Canada refuses to properly manage its forests, he said: "I am reaching out to Members of Parliament and the Canadian ...

Fredonia eyes big changes to parking law

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Fredonia will hold a public hearing Monday on a law that would do away with downtown parking meters, in favor of a “mobile app” payment system. The law would also establish a paid permit structure for parking in the village lots on either side of Water Street. A section of the law ...