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“No Shenanigans” Neighborhood Watch group to be discussed by City Council

Following multiple conversations during City Council Public Safety Committee meetings about starting up Neighborhood Watch groups in the city again, an official group is looking to be formed and approval is coming before the council for the “No Shenanigans” group. The group is set to cover the areas of Fulton Street, Strong Street, Lakeview Avenue, and Sumner Place. The group has submitted an official request to the Jamestown Police Department to form, and a resolution is set to be seen by city council during tonight’s work session for approval. According to the agenda, in ...

CRCF’s Give Big CHQ is June 11

The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation is inviting residents throughout Chautauqua County to come together in support of local nonprofits during Give Big CHQ, the region’s annual 24-hour online day of giving. Beginning at midnight June 11 and continuing through 11:59 p.m., donors will have the opportunity to support more than 140 nonprofit organizations serving communities across Chautauqua County. Participating organizations represent a wide range of causes, including youth development, human services, animal welfare, arts and culture, education, and community ...

The ride around the lake

I got to thinking about the ride around the lake the other day as we gear up for summer. It’s something I've done often in my life, especially when I was young and made the trip with my grandmother and great-grandmother on the occasional Sunday. Make no mistake: this was a big excursion. We'd pick my great-grandmother up at her house with the apple tree out front and she'd slowly walk to the car and get in the front seat with her wrinkled cotton dress and a little sweater folded over her arm. I remember that her ankles were often swollen and that I had this idea that she ...

There’s good, there’s bad, and there’s ugly

We’ve put ourselves in positions to be able to enjoy a variety of entertainment options in our retirement. As much as we don’t like cold winters (especially in recent years years), we’ve never had urges to be Snowbirds. We prefer to spread out our retirement activities/trips to cover much of the entire year. Since we’ve both been retired together (about five years), we’ve been able to enjoy a great number of indoor and outdoor concerts, we’ve seen a number of stage performances ranging from musicals, to dramas, to comedy-dramas, and more, on a variety of stages ranging ...

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 ...