It was a successful 2018 for the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities five — Electric, Water, Waste Water, Solid Waste and District Heat — utility divisions. On Monday, Kelly Hawkins, BPU finance and customer accounts manager, presented the unaudited year-end financial results to the ...
MAYVILLE — A Stockton man is free after pleading guilty to a second-degree rape charge in Chautauqua County Court Thursday, in a plea bargain offered by the District Attorney’s Office. Leland Bresee, 34, was arrested Feb. 9, 2018, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a woman ...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Letitia James, state attorney general, are beginning an investigation into Apple’s failure to warn consumers about the FaceTime bug and slow response to addressing the issue. The bug jeopardized the privacy of consumers in New York by allowing users to receive ...
The last six of the former James Prendergast Library oil paintings will be available for purchase during an auction Friday. Sotheby’s is hosting the auction, which will be the last if all six paintings meet reserve prices, with the revenue going toward the library’s endowment fund. ...
DUNKIRK — With the influx of bitter cold and blinding blowing snow, post office carriers and workers are feeling the brunt of winter’s wrath, but still delivering throughout Chautauqua County. Certain post offices in Erie County began calling their mail carriers back as early as 1:30 p.m. ...
A Lakewood woman is facing a host of charges after police say she was driving while impaired by drugs with her three children in the vehicle. Coleen R. Sylka, 25, was taken into custody following a traffic stop Tuesday at 10:45 p.m. in the village of Lakewood. An investigation by ...
The legal fees for the annexation case dealing with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Dow Street subdivision is now more than $300,000 for the village of Falconer, town of Ellicott and Falconer Central Schools. According to Stephen Penhollow, Falconer Central Schools superintendent, ...
There is an old adage known as Murphy’s Law that states, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Well that is how Brandon Wade, DoubleTree by Hilton Jamestown general manager, assessed the ongoing renovations of the Fourth Street hotel in downtown Jamestown. In December, Wade told ...
Three area residents are facing federal charges after more than a pound and a half of crystal methamphetamine was seized during a search of a Randolph home last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Charged by criminal complaint were 34-year-old Mark Maio of Randolph, 28-year-old ...
The Jamestown Bar Association is formally against allowing assistant district attorneys to reside outside of Chautauqua County. On Tuesday, Kristin Lew Yaw, Jamestown Bar Association secretary, told The Post-Journal the group of attorneys who belong to the association have formally passed ...
RED HOUSE — Mary MacQueen is the recipient of the National Ski Patrol’s “National Outstanding Nordic Patroller for 2018.” She was officially presented the award at a ceremony held in her honor at Allegany State Park’s Red House Administration Building last week. As patrol ...
The total amount spent by the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities on legal fees in an attempt to annex the Dow Street substation could exceed $400,000. On Monday, the BPU board approved change order number four to fund Bond, Schoeneck & King an additional $125,000 for anticipated legal ...
FREDONIA — Police officer Nathan Scriven has returned to work following a fatal shooting in December of last year. “Yes he’s returned to full duty,” Police Chief Brad Meyers said. “The case has been, from an administrative end, the Fredonia Police Department’s end, ...
Dunkirk school board members are already in the process of reviewing policies on how to handle the closing of district schools due to inclement weather after the district took extreme criticism for its decision to remain open on Friday. Dave Damico, school board president, said Saturday that ...
FORESTVILLE — “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” In these famous lines by Shakespeare, Juliet points out that, of all the names her beloved could have, Romeo has the Montague name, which her family detests. In a similar twist of ...
POLAND — Following the Poland Town Board organizational meeting held prior to the regular board meeting, county legislator John Davis gave an update on what has been happening in Mayville at the county level. He noted that most residents should have received the property tax bills ...
The state Legislature this week approved free tuition for illegal immigrants and certain out-of-state residents, over the objections of state Assemblyman Andy Goodell, R-Jamestown, and State Sen. Cathy Young, R-Olean. The legislation was immediately signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “The ...
New abortion legislation passed the State Legislature last week and was immediately signed into law by Governor Cuomo that removed the requirement that abortions be performed by a physician, removed the requirement that an abortion be performed in a hospital, eliminated all criminal ...
WARREN, Pa. — There isn’t anything about Kayla Crosby that surprises Maceo Wofford. That wasn’t always the case. Wofford is one of the best basketball players to ever come from Jamestown. He scored 2,259 career points at Jamestown High School, and the New York all-state guard went ...
Chautauqua Striders honored its mentors on Jan. 15 for their service to area youth. The theme for this year was “Diamonds in the Rough.” The name stems from the idea that a special person that can work with children and start from humble beginnings. Among the guests were Chautauqua ...