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JLDC Approves Increase In Funding To JURA

Annually, the Jamestown Local Development Corporation provides an allocation of funds in their budget to the Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency as part of an agreement. That amount will be going up this year. Crystal Surdyk, city development director, said JURA is asking for the allocation to ...

BPU Board Member Wants ‘Double’ Poles Removed

As the Board of Public Utilities continues its work on installing its fiber internet, board members are talking about how to get current internet providers to take down some poles in areas where they have been doubled for a few years. At the BPU’s February meeting, Cory Allen, BPU deputy ...

Council To Support Additional State Aid

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is looking to increase Temporary Municipal Assistance Funding by $100 million as a part of her 30-day amendments to the executive budget, and a resolution supporting this increase is up for discussion tonight by the Jamestown city council. The resolution comes ...

Clymer Students Prefer Learning Without Tech

CLYMER — Work has been ongoing at Clymer Central School to form the district’s portrait of a graduate, including through a survey that was sent out to both teachers and students on what learning is to them and what is most important when it comes to learning. During the Clymer Board of ...

Unselfish Dedication: Legion honors retired sheriff’s deputy

Recently, two Commanders of the American Legion tracked down retired Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Beichner, who had been honored last year as the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. County Commander Jeffery Levandoski of Frewsburg and New York State Department Commander John Miga of Dunkirk, ...