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Lakeside Park Project Hikes Mayville Budget

MAYVILLE – Mayor Rick Syper is proposing an increase in village taxes, which, if approved, would stay below the state imposed tax cap. He said the increase is mainly due to the work being done at Lakeside Park. According to village Treasurer Jen Obert, Syper is proposing a $2,373,433 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clymer Looking For Little League Director

CLYMER — The beginning of the Little League season is months away, but work as the Little League administrator in the town of Clymer usually begins around this time of the year. That work isn’t being done right now while the league looks for a new director. Town Clerk Wendy Trisket ...

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. ...

Fredonia backs shared highway services effort

In a 4-0 vote, Fredonia village trustees approved taking a look at a future partnership with the towns of Dunkirk and Pomfret regarding local highway services. During its meeting Wednesday, the village said the effort will include “a cost-benefit and fiscal impact analysis to identify ...