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New Graduation Requirements To Cost $11.5M

It will cost about $11.5 million for the state Board of Regents to implement new graduation requirements for the state’s high school students. The spending will come between the fall of 2025 and the fall of 2029, when the state Board of Regents and state Education Department are ...

Northwest Bancshares Net Income Down, Deposits Up

Net income at Northwest Bancshares Inc. is down $5 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023. The company, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, finished the quarter with net income of $34 million. Net income was $39 million in the third quarter of 2023. But bank ...

Sales Tax Boost Not Likely For City

Staring down the barrel of a 7.79% tax increase, Jamestown isn’t likely to get much help from unexpected sales tax revenue. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released local sales tax collections for the third quarter of 2024, a period that covers from July through September. ...

City Residents Charged In Youngsville Burglary

Two Jamestown residents face charges after an Oct. 20 burglary in Youngsville. Charges were filed Friday against Aaron Nazario, 39, and Sarah E. Lundsten, 42, in regard to an Oct. 20 burglary in Youngsville. Nazario is charged with burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary and criminal ...

Borrello Continues Electric Bus Advocacy

State Sen. George Borrello isn’t giving up on his efforts to influence state policy on zero-emission school buses. On Friday, the Sunset Bay Republican introduced S.9941 to require all electric school buses and the major components thereof that are purchased by New York school districts ...

Senator Proposes Expansion Of Drugged Driving Law

A Rochester-area state senator is proposing a wide expansion of New York’s definition of drugged driving. Sen. Jeremy Cooney, D-Rochester, proposes amending Section 114-a of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law to expand the definition of drug to any substance or combination of substances ...