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County man sentenced for child porn possession

A Chautauqua County man has been sentenced for possession of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Jose Perez, 42, of Celoron, who was convicted in the case involving a prepubescent minor, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison and 30 years supervised release ...

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Jamestown School Board To Meet Tuesday The Jamestown Public Schools District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at C.C. Ring Elementary School, 333 Buffalo St, Jamestown. There will be video presentations beginning at 5:45p.m. showcasing Ring programs and activities. The public is welcome to attend. Audubon To Hold First Sunday Story Time Oct. 4 The Audubon Community Nature Center will hold its monthly First Sunday Story Time from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, for children ages 3 to 8 and a guardian. Doors open at 12:20 p.m. The program and building admission ...

County organizations to receive $900K for youth employment programs

Chautauqua County will receive $909,729 of the $7,383,214 allocated to Western New York as part of a broader $42 million allocated to the state’s Youth Employment Program. The program helps reduce community gun violence and youth criminal justice involvement by providing year-round employment and training opportunities to at-risk youth in parts of the state, outside of New York City, most impacted by gun violence. Launched in 2024, the program plays an important role in New York State’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, which operates in the 21 counties that ...

Committee gets first glimpse of city DRI requests

Jamestown’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative Local Planning Committee has received 24 funding proposals - Robert Gibson, a senior vice president with WSP, said that approximately 24 funding proposals were submitted, totaling $36,445,000. However, the total funding needed to complete all ...

Save Our Reservoir returns to Fredonia podium

FREDONIA - Critics of Fredonia’s plan to connect with the North County Water District returned to the village Board of Trustees podium this week. It was Save Our Reservoir’s first turn at the speaker’s podium since trustees ended a hiatus, enacted in June, on public comments at ...