After tabling a Local Law in August to abolish the city’s Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission, the City Council Public Safety Committee has approved abolishing the commission and moving the decision to a full council…
Fire destroys Clymer barn, business
CLYMER - Fire destroyed a tarp business and barn on Ravlin Hill Road in Clymer on Tuesday - though the…
Additional penalties for private carrier parcel theft eyed
Packages carried by Amazon, Federal Express and UPS may soon receive the same level of legal protection as those carried…
City school board approves Persell after school program
The Jamestown Public School Board of Education has approved a contract with the Jamestown Area YMCA to operate an after-school…
City: Changes coming to shopping cart ordinance
The city Department of Development is in the midst of working on a proposed ordinance that will look to regulate…
Cornell sexual assault case brings 2019 bill into spotlight
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has sponsored legislation since the 2019-20 legislative session that would close what is known as the “voluntary…
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Lawmakers call for AG review of failed Bradford hospital sale
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DUNKIRK - Dunkirk has raised its water rates, effective Jan. 1. The Common Council voted 3-2…
Dunkirk council narrowly approves water rate hikes
Haunted at the library returns Oct. 24
Manufacturing Month kicks off across county
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The Southwestern boys soccer team wasted no time getting ahead of visiting Fredonia, scoring…
CCAAs are underway
PANAMA — Mckenna Kolstee scored 10 kills, two blocks and six digs as Panama swept Silver…
Panthers, Eagles, Wolverines post D3 volleyball sweeps
Randolph football ranked No. 6 in Class D
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Miranda Wilcox’s Passion For Music Doesn’t Wane
When Miranda Wilcox was 15, the proverbial lightbulb went off in her head. That’s…
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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Shawn A. Beardsley, 33, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree criminal impersonation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and a traffic ticket failure to use sidewalk at 1:08 a.m. Wednesday after officers patrolling the area of Winsor Street saw a man walking in the road and conducted a street check.…
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In Our Opinion
Changing minimum wage freeze doesn’t fix New York’s high cost of living
There was a reason that the wise old state legislators who drafted New York’s minimum wage law back in the good old days of 2023 included conditions that would freeze otherwise automatic minimum wage increases. The conditions - tied to situations in which the consumer price index actually went down, increases in unemployment or…
District Heat should serve as a lesson for BPU
Dissenting legislators have opportunity to keep tax foreclosures fair
It’s up to local school officials to keep graduation standards high
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Three charged in pair of Dunkirk drug probes
DUNKIRK --- A pair of drug investigations last week ended in three arrests in the north county. On Sept. 29, an investigation into firearms and narcotics activity at 935 Swan St. in the city of Dunkirk ended with a search warrant being executed on last week and two being charged. The warrant was executed…