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Construction Begins On New Family Shelter In City

Construction is starting on the Anew Center's new a seven-unit, 19-bed family shelter in Jamestown that will serve individuals and families who have experienced homelessness. The $5.7 million project received $4.4 million from the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Homeless Housing and Assistance Program to fund the redevelopment and relocation the Salvation Army of Jamestown’s former domestic violence shelter. “When completed, Anew Center will redevelop a vital emergency family shelter in Chautauqua County for survivors of domestic violence, providing families ...

Five Face Drug Charges After Ninth Street Raid

Five area residents face charges while two more were arrested for outstanding court warrants after a drug raid on Ninth Street on Monday. According to a police report, members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 26 W. Ninth St., upper apartment, around 2:40 p.m. Monday with with assistance from the Jamestown Police Department SWAT Team after an investigation into complaints of narcotics sales. Upon making entry into the apartment, the SWAT Team located 14 people inside: Luis Torres Cortes, Jimmy Alvarez ...

CLPOA Files Lawsuit To Overturn State Wetlands Regulations

A much-discussed lawsuit seeking to invalidate the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act has been filed in state Supreme Court in Albany County. The Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association, town of Ellery, Bemus Point Business Association and Southern Tier Builders Association are asking the ...

Southwestern Names Kindberg High School Principal

The Southwestern Central School District Board of Education has named Matthew Kindberg its high school principal. Kindberg will succeed Scott Cooper, the high school’s outgoing principal. A Jamestown resident, Kindberg has served as secondary principal for Southwestern since 2019, and ...

Falconer Residents Charged With Possessing “Ghost Gun”

Two Falconer residents face weapons after Jamestown police officers allegedly found a ghost gun during a traffic stop. According to a police report, Caden L. Barrett, 20, of Falconer and Airianna A. Parkhurst, 19, of Falconer were charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device) and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon (Ghost Gun) at 3:04 p.m. Thursday. Police report pulling a vehicle over on Falconer Street near Thayer Street for traffic infractions. A search of the vehicle ...

Two Jamestown Women Charged In Separate Drug Investigations

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that Sabrina Flores a/k/a Notorious Marie, 24, and Sandra Pavlock a/k/a Sondra L. Pavlock, 45, both of Jamestown, were arrested and charged in separate criminal complaints with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaints, Flores and Pavlock have been identified by law enforcement as associates of ...