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City comprehensive plan released

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The city of Jamestown has been working to develop their Comprehensive Plan over the last few years, and this past week the official plan was presented to the Planning Commission. Tom Voight with C&S Companies who worked with the Department of Development on developing the plan presented to the Planning Commission during their meeting on Tuesday. “Just to give you a precursor, the city received a Smart Growth Planning Grant from New York State’s Office of Community Development,” Voight said. “That was to kind of revamp the comprehensive plan, so this process kicked off in ...

‘Start soon’

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A long awaited housing project in Westfield has yet to begin, but one county leader believes it will start before the end of the year. Savarino Companies has proposed converting the former CE Welch building into apartments and commercial space. The project was originally to be done by 2 Portage, LLC. Savarino Companies is still behind the proposal, but it will now be done by Upstate Economic Opportunities, LLC. “They (Savarino Companies) are using a different LLC,” Rebecca Wurster with the county Planning Department explained at the county legislature’s Planning and ...

America gleams from sea to shining sea during World Cup

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They’re standing in front of Buc-ees with iPhone cameras rolling, marveling in the aisles of Walmart, ordering stacks of waffles at Waffle House, and walking through city parks amazed that they feel safe—that women can carry their purses over their shoulder without being robbed. Did we ...

Gauging Support

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PANAMA — A study has found that a merger of the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts is feasible. Now, it’s time to see how feasible it is for the communities involved. The three school boards will have to officially decide to move forward with the process and how to gauge ...

County says AI creating overload of FOIL requests

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Artificial Intelligence programs are being blamed as the culprit for Chautauqua County needing to increase staffing in its law department. The Chautauqua County Legislature’s Administrative Services Committee has backed a request from the county Law Department to hire an additional paralegal. The law department is seeking an additional $105,982 for its budget, which will come from the county’s reserves. Of that amount, $53,594 will be for a new paralegal and $52,388 will cover a budgetary error for 2026. County Attorney Emily Woodard discussed the request during the committee ...

Falconer Christmas events may be one-day festival

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The village of Falconer may be getting a little bit jollier this December. Nikki Pierce, a member of the Falconer Village Board, said during a recent meeting she had met with Ron Caldwell, organizer of the Falconer Christmas Association, to talk about planning a Christmas festival. Pierce said the event being discussed could incorporate all of the traditional Falconer Christmas activities that have been planned in the past into a one-day event tentatively scheduled for Dec. 5. Pierce was also given grant information to research for playground equipment and pickleball courts. ...