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Sales include old plaza that is future Dunkirk apartment site

The price of part of an old shopping plaza that has been torn down in Dunkirk for future housing has been revealed. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from March 22-31. The county does not provide ...

JRC named downtown revitalization director

The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation has hired Michael Edwards as its new director of downtown revitalization. Edwards will officially begin in the role on July 1 and will lead efforts to strengthen downtown Jamestown through business development, placemaking, community engagement, ...

School district honors retirees

Jamestown Public Schools honored 2026 retirees during a reception held recently in the JPS Board Room at the Deke Kathman Administrative Offices. Retirees were recognized with descriptions of their service by their principal or supervisor, and were awarded a certificate, a mug, and a lapel ...

New charges announced in Zaso drug ring

The investigation into a drug ring in Jamestown is now spreading to Rochester with new charges against a pair of Rochester residents. . U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo recently announced a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Quentin L. Yancey a/k/a Q, 39, and ...

State inaction tolerates mayhem in prisons

Detailing a surge in violence, staff assaults, overdoses, exposures and deaths inside state prisons, New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association President Chris Summers declared the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to be in a “full-scale ...