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Area businesses fined for harassment of employee

A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc., along with two related commercial roofing companies operating in New York and Pennsylvania, will pay $270,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency ...

DoubleTree Hotel put on market by Hamister Group

City officials see the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on Fourth Street as a key piece of the city’s future as the developer which renovated the hotel is trying to sell. developer Buffalo Business First is reporting that the DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel, located on Fourth Street in Jamestown has ...

Falconer man charged six times in three weeks

A Falconer man was charged five times in a little more than two weeks by Ellicott police officers that resulted in four trips to the county jail for centralized arraignment. William S. Seignious, 32 , of Falconer was charged with petit larceny at 1:56 p.m. Oct. 22 after officers responded ...

Area Police Reports

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - DUNKIRK - Germaine M. Dias, 49, of Dunkirk was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia at 2:07 p.m. Nov. 4 after a search warrant was executed at 515 Main St., Dunkirk by Chautauqua County Sheriff's Narcotics Investigators. Dias was detained at this location by narcotics investigators due to the search warrant. As a result of the search Investigators seized 28.18 grams of crack cocaine, ...

Veterans Day observance returns to Falconer

FALCONER - Veterans Day observance will return to the Village of Falconer. After several years without an observance ceremony, Falconer Mayor James Jaroszynski announced that the village will host one this year. “Next Wednesday, Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, the Village of Falconer ...

NFI Group revenue, earnings up

Revenues and earnings are up at NFI Group, owner of the New Flyer manufacturing plant on Fluvanna Avenue in Jamestown, both for the third quarter of 2026 and for the year to date compared to 2025. NFI posted third quarter revenues of $1,007,400 in the third quarter, up 23.1% from the ...