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Signature Center Placed Into Court-Approved Receivership

A downtown building has been placed into a court-approved receivership. M&T Bank filed a case in state Supreme Court in Mayville in October asking the court to appoint a receiver for the Signature Center at 4 E. Third St., Jamestown, while the bank pursues foreclosure actions against GPatti ...

Prison Strikes Head To Mediation

Corrections officers who have been on strike this week at nearly 30 state-run prisons will go to mediation to resolve their differences with the state. State Supreme Court Justice Dennis Ward signed an injunction Wednesday ordering striking corrections officers to end their strike “or ...

Electrovaya Pushes Up Ellicott Plant Opening

Electrovaya Inc. now has plans to open its Ellicott Gigafactory in April. Company officials announced in January that the company had wanted to open its newest factory sometime in the second quarter of 2025, which would have meant anywhere from April through June. But earlier than ...

Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty In Youngsville Burglary

A Jamestown man charged as part of burglaries in Youngsville has pleaded guilty to a felony charge Nazario had been charged with burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary and criminal trespassing – entering a structure, all felony charges, as well as theft by unlawful taking and loitering ...

Hochul Ends NYPA Rate Increase

A proposed tripling of New York Power Authority hydropower rates is being shelved. NYPA had proposed an increase in electric rates for hydropower from $12.88 per megawatt-hours to $33.05 per megawatt hour over four years. There are 51 systems in the state that get a preference power ...

Pa. Charges Filed In December Gun Thefts

Pennsylvania charges have been filed against a Jamestown man who allegedly stole AR-style rifles from a sporting goods store in Pine Grove Township in Warren County in December. Tyler T. Dalton, 25, was officially charged Thursday with burglary, a class 2 felony; five counts of retail ...