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Clymer discusses highway projects, aging loader

CLYMER — The town of Clymer’s highway department has a few things in the works at the moment, but looking towards the future one of the biggest things they would like to do soon is replace their main loader truck. At the town’s August meeting, Highway Superintendent Scott Trisket ...

City woman sounds alarm on loose animals

The Jamestown Police Department has seen a small increase in the amount of calls that have come in related to animal control issues over the past few years. This includes a recent incident near Allen Park by West Virginia Boulevard. Karm Messina, a resident of the area, reported the incident both to the police and the Post-Journal. A neighbor’s huskies are continually getting loose, coming on her property, and killing her cats. “This is the second kitty these huskies have killed for me in the last two months,” Messina said. “These huskies keep breaking loose, I don’t know ...

Road to expansion

A Jamestown paving company that sits near some residential homes is looking to move some of its noisy operations outside the city limits. On Tuesday, Mark Lindstrom, the president of Lake Shore Paving, appeared at the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency meeting to discuss his ...

SWCS argues against discovery claim in incident

Attorneys for the Southwestern Central School District say the district shouldn’t be required to turn over pre-discovery materials in a potential lawsuit by a substitute teacher because there is no sign the district is at fault and because disclosing school security videos and building blueprints is a security risk. The district responded to a July court filing by a Lakewood woman asking the state Supreme Court in Mayville to compel the Southwestern Central School District to turn over video of an alleged incident in which the woman was injured. No lawsuit has yet been filed, only ...

Lakewood on track for Fall Fest in October

LAKEWOOD - The village will host a popular local event on Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., entitled the Lakewood Fall Festival 2026. Taryn Wilson, the director of the Lakewood Farmer’s Market and who also pulls double-duty as the fall festival supervisor, spoke this week at the Village ...

Truck sale nets Lakewood department $25,000

LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood Volunteer Fire Department (LWVFD) has raised more than $25,000 after selling one of its older apparatus. During the village's monthly meeting, the fire chief of the Lakewood Fire Department told the Board of Trustees the sale of the department's 2000 ...