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Clerks Association Donates To Blue Star Mothers

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The Chautauqua County Municipal Clerk’s Association recently held its November luncheon at Pine Junction. Attendees brought in items they collected in their offices for the Blue Star Mothers of Western New York. The association also voted to donate $500 for postage to ship the care packages ...

City Police Probing Saturday Stabbing

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A stabbing in the city of Jamestown is under investigation. The incident took place around 12:30 p.m. Saturday with a scanner call that indicated two males in the lobby with a stabbing victim. Both Jamestown Police and Fire Departments were on the scene and the Tim Hortons at 10 S. Main St. ...

Sales include former Jamestown restaurant, Dunkirk motel

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A closed Jamestown restaurant is under new ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Oct. 7-10. During this time period, J. Pillittieri Inc. of Jamestown sold 1265 E. Second St. to Route ...

City Kiwanis Club Holds Annual Christmas With Santa

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The Jamestown Kiwanis Club, aided by its Jamestown High School Key Club, put on its annual “Breakfast with Santa” at the Salvation Army. For more than 20 years the Kiwanis Club has partnered with the Salvation Army to provide a pancake breakfast to 50 children, selected by the Salvation ...

The Vespa 400 Was My Ride

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My four-wheel Vespa was not one of their world-renowned motor scooters. It was a car. A really small car. I don’t think my mother ever forgave me. “That’s probably the dumbest purchase you have ever made.” I bought the little red car during my junior year of college. No longer living ...

Keeping Traditions: Women Carry On Pieces Of Christmas Past

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Many years ago, when I was attending a December sorority meeting, our group was told to be ready to tell about the Christmas traditions of our childhood. I became uncomfortable while I dreaded my turn because my family had very few traditions, aside from a tree, gifts, a stocking with an orange ...