FALCONER - The Thule Lodge recently held its annual memorial service. The lodge is the Swedish organization formed 119 years ago in the Jamestown area to help Swedish immigrants with their housing, employment and schooling. Many of the Swedish people found employment in the furniture ...
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 ...
The Samuel L. Derby American Legion Auxiliary Unit 556 recently held its monthly meeting with 14 members attending. Chaplain Dee Dee Liden gave the opening blessing. The April minutes were read and approved. Treasurer Debby Walsh, gave the April financial report. Jeff Levandoski, Chautauqua County Commander, presented his commander's project of repairing the 60-foot flagpole at the Allegheny Highland Boy Scout Council on Hough Hill Road in Falconer, as well as replacing the 12 x 18 American Flag. A motion was made, seconded, and unanimously carried to donate $100 to the Chautauqua ...
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 Johnny B. Mays a/k/a Blaze, 41, both of Rochester, with narcotics conspiracy. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life. In addition, Yancey is charged with using and maintaining a drug-involved premises and six counts of money laundering. According ...
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, ...
A destination sales and marketing consultant housed inside the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation is part of a broader three-year effort. The Jamestown Meetings and Conferences Initiative is a multi-year collaboration with leaders from the city of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce, Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, Gebbie Foundation, and Jamestown area attractions and hotels. With the goal of making Jamestown a destination for boutique meetings and conferences, the group hopes to generate substantial economic, cultural, and social dividends for the ...
