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City Fund Balance Concerns Council, Constituents

With the city council planning to pass the 2026 Budget during next week’s voting session, the council’s work on said budget continued Monday night with the required public hearing. The 2026 city budget is currently looking at a 7.5% tax increase, which as of right now includes an ...

Welch building conversion work targeted for spring

For 20 years, the former CE Welch building in the village of Westfield has remained vacant. A proposal to turn it into apartments and commercial space could begin in the late spring with plans for it to be open by 2027. Sam Savarino, the chief executive officer of Savarino Companies, ...

Warren resident charged with statutory sexual assault

A Warren resident faces four felony charges that include sexual contact with a student. Megan R. Minich, 41, was charged Monday with first-degree statutory sexual assault: 11 years older; third-degree felony school - intercourse/sexual contact with a student; and two counts of third-degree ...

Forever Faithful

The Pilgrim Memorial United Church of Christ has changed names more times over the past 65 years than it has its organist. Of course, organist Ralph Farrar has held the job for 65 years, including the church’s renaming as the United Church of Christ of Jamestown. Interim Pastor Rick ...

‘We Are Heartbroken’

A four-year-old girl has been killed near Fletcher Elementary School after being struck by a school bus. The area around Fletcher Elementary School was closed while parents were dropping off children Monday morning while Jamestown police officers investigated an accident involving a school ...

County To Vote On JCC Athletic Field Project

County lawmakers are scheduled to vote to move ahead to begin upgrading Jamestown Community College’s athletic department, specifically the athletic fields, with plans for the YMCA to join them still intact. On Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Legislature will vote on a resolution which ...