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Future Implications: Lots Riding On Latest County Merger Effort

Pressures will soon begin to mount on the school boards that oversee Clymer, Panama and Sherman. It is through no fault of those who have been elected to serve. They are only following through on community wishes. During last May’s school vote, each community indicated in a referendum a ...

St. Luke’s To Screen Film Tonight At JCC

The St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Dismantling Racism Commission will be showing the award-winning film Sugarcane at the Scharmann Theatre, located at Jamestown Community College. The film is a tribute to the way of life of the Native people, and will further the commission’s goal of ...

Going Mobile: Westfield Hospital Adds MRI Services

WESTFIELD - AHN Westfield Memorial Hospital will now offer state-of-the-art MRI services to its patients with a new mobile MRI unit that will be at the hospital every Tuesday and Saturday. The hospital held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony this week in the vestibule of the new mobile MRI ...

Probe Continues Into Monday Fire

An investigation is continuing into a Monday fire that damaged a vacant residence at 836 Prendergast Ave. According to Jamestown Fire Department officials, crews arrived on scene at about 6:30 a.m. to find flames on the first floor, and smoke pushing throughout the building. Firefighters ...

Area Lawmakers, Comptroller Warn About State Spending Hikes

Gov. Kathy Hochul has a different view of state spending than the area’s state representatives or state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Hochul’s budget proposal projects state revenue collection to increase by 9.9% and 2027 all funds spending to be $260 billion, an increase of .7% percent. ...

RTPI Hires New CEO

The Roger Tory Peterson Institute has hired its new CEO, Stacey Otte-Demangate. “The RTPI Board is delighted to welcome Stacey as our new CEO, who succeeds Arthur Pearson and will continue to lead the growth of the institute,” said Diane Carlson, RTPI board chairwoman. Since 2010, ...