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Majority of New Yorkers are Real ID compliant

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One year after the federal government began requiring REAL IDs for domestic flights, more than half of eligible New Yorkers have obtained one. May 7 marked one year since REAL ID-compliant documents were required to fly within the United States. More than 8.6 million New Yorkers now have theirs, including 4.6 million Enhanced licenses and almost 4 million REAL ID driver licenses. “New Yorkers are ahead of the curve in getting their REAL ID so they are ready to fly this summer,” said acting DMV Commissioner Christian Jackstadt. “We are happy that millions of New Yorkers have ...

Chautauqua town discusses zoning, spring trash collection

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MAYVILLE – The town of Chautauqua is looking to take regulations of wind turbines, solar projects and battery energy storage systems out of its zoning code and have them in their own regulations. The Chautauqua Town Board is in the process of updating its zoning code following the ...

Pair charged in Saturday Busti shooting

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A pair of Jamestown residents have been charged in a shooting that took place early Saturday in the town of Busti. At 4 a.m., officers from the Lakewood-Busti Police Department were dispatched to Cummins Engine for a report of a gunshot victim. Upon arrival, officers located an adult ...

Benjamin Prescott DAR chapter welcomes new member

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The Benjamin Prescott Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution welcomed its newest member during a recent meeting. The opening ceremony was conducted by Regent Myra Johnston and Chaplain Deborah Cenni. The President General’s Message was about ...

City man faces charges twice in a week

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A Jamestown man has been charged for the second time in a week with allegedly threatening another person with a weapon. Robert Overton Jr., 56, of Jamestown, was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal contempt and second-degree menacing after officers responded to a home on Jamestown's east side at 3:10 a.m. Sunday for a report of a person with a weapon. Overton allegedly brandished a weapon in direction of a caller who had an active full stay away order of protection against Overton, according to a police report. Overton was taken to the city jail until he could be ...