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City begins community building campaign

After hearing a lot of recent talk about the lack of community feeling in Jamestown, the Department of Development has started a social media campaign focused on being neighbors. Kasie Foulk, deputy development director, discussed this new initiative with the Planning Commission during ...

NRG Announces Transfer Of Dunkirk Site To Firm

A major development in the future of Dunkirk's former power station and waterfront has been announced by NRG Energy Inc. In a news release issued Monday morning, NRG announced the completion of a transaction to transfer ownership of its Dunkirk Generating Station and associated assets to ...

Local author seeing spike in international reviews on books

Local author TJ Buck spends his time writing his novels at his home in Jamestown. With most of his books based in the United States, it came as a big surprise to him when he started noticing a large amount of reviews his books were getting were coming from places internationally. Buck ...

Four buildings in Brooklyn Square sold for $2.1M

Four business buildings in Jamestown’s Brooklyn Square – two of which are currently unoccupied – have been sold for millions of dollars. According to documents filed at the Chautauqua County Clerk’s Office, in March the Savarina Corporation sold 21-41 South Main St., and Harrison ...

Americold being restructured, lowers hiring projections

A newly constructed cold storage facility has lowered the number of employees it was required to hire, as it goes through corporate restructuring. Representatives with Americold Real Estate were in attendance virtually at the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency this week. ...