The YWCA Jamestown and Chautauqua Institution will hold the third year of the county-wide initiative The Chautauqua County Book Read. The organizations have selected “Apple: Skin to Core” by Eric Gansworth as the common read book. The purpose of this shared book read is to engage ...

There is an apparent power struggle over the Fredonia Farm Festival. Festivals Fredonia’s statement justifying the cancellation for 2024 came two days after Mayor Michael Ferguson said the festival must go on. The festivals group said in its Wednesday statement it felt the Farm Festival ...

“I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.” You may have heard those lyrics before. They are from the song “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) by the Moody Blues circa 1972-73. For Jim Cheronis those lyrics ring true. And during our interview he said those words with a ...

Fredonia’s water use rate is going up by $2 per 1,000 gallons used after a 3-2 vote of the village Board of Trustees this week. Trustees Ben Brauchler, Jon Espersen and Nicole Siracuse provided the “aye” votes to pass the rate hike while Trustees Michelle Twichell and Paul Wandel voted ...

BROCTON -- A 34-year-old inmate, who barricaded himself inside his cell, attacked and cut two officers with a sharp piece of plastic from a toilet brush at Lakeview Correctional Facility last week. The incident took place during the evening meal delivery for inmates locked inside their cells, ...

The Jamestown Elks have donated $6,000 dollars to Saint Susans through a grant from Elks National Foundations Beacon Grant. Saint Susans deemed February “Elks Month.” Pictured are Michael Laton, Exalted Ruler Jamestown Elks, and Cherie Rowland, St. Susan Center executive director.