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City Fires Back At Police Union

Mayor Kim Ecklund is fighting back against allegations made by the union representing Jamestown police officers critical of the mayor’s statements that the city is investing in public safety. Late Friday, Ecklund issued a response to the guest essay by the Kendall Club Benevolent ...

Building Aid For Electric Buses Proposed

One of the arguments Republicans have made against the state’s electric school bus mandate has been the cost to area school districts. A top Democrat in the state Senate wants to address that criticism. Sen. Shelley Mayer, D-White Plains and chairwoman of the Senate Education ...

Chautauqua Institution President Resigns

Dr. Michael Hill, Chautauqua Institution’s president for the past eight years, is resigning effective May 31. Hill made the announcement in a joint statement with Candace L. Maxwell, chairwoman of the institution’s Board of Trustees, on Tuesday. ”My eight-plus years in service to ...

Powering Up: Electrovaya Ramps Up For April Opening

Battery production at Electrovaya’s plant in Ellicott will begin in April. Company officials had said in February during a quarterly conference call with investor analysts that production was expected to begin in April, the company said last week that it is completing preparations to be ...

City Man’s 2024 Death Ruled Homicide

Jamestown has added another homicide to its 2024 tally - albeit quietly. The 2024 Public Safety annual report compiled by the city police and fire chiefs, and posted recently on the city’s website, states what was once thought to be a fatal overdose has now been classified as a homicide ...

Officers On The Scene

A Jamestown man faces charges after an alleged burglary in progress Monday morning on Jamestown’s south side. City police charged Michael E. Wolfe, 46, of Jamestown with second-degree burglary, possession of burglar tools, petit larceny, second-degree criminal impersonation and resisting ...