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City discusses National Night Out plans

Plans are coming together for Jamestown’s first National Night Out event after a lengthy break from the event. The National Night Out has been an event held in years past in the city of Jamestown, and while it has been a while the city is looking to hold the event again at the beginning of August. The event was part of the special events section that came before the City Council’s Public Safety Committee this week. Councilman Tony Dolce, R-Ward 2 and Public Safety Committee chair, said that in the past the event was held in multiple locations and neighborhoods across the city, but ...

Fredonia eyes big changes to parking law

Fredonia will hold a public hearing Monday on a law that would do away with downtown parking meters, in favor of a “mobile app” payment system. The law would also establish a paid permit structure for parking in the village lots on either side of Water Street. A section of the law declares: “Although the Village of Fredonia previously regulated certain parking spaces through traditional parking meters, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Fredonia now determines that payment for parking in designated spaces shall be made through a mobile parking meter application system in ...

Ohio woman pleads guilty to federal charges in area meth distribution case

Celina Serva aka Ce Ce, 27, of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. on Thursday to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The plea carries a maximum penalty of life, and a $10,000,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney ...

South Dayton voters reject dissolving village

SOUTH DAYTON - The village of South Dayton is here to stay --- for now at least. In a vote held Tuesday, 78 opposed the idea of dissolution while 55 were in favor. If residents in the village had approved the vote, all assets would have eventually been turned over to the town of Dayton. The ...

South and Center Sewer District to raise rates

For the first time in 25 years, residents who live in the South and Center Sewer District will be having to pay more. Tom Walsh, the director of the South and Center Sewer District, attended the Chautauqua County Legislature’s Public Facilities Committee meeting where he announced that rates are going up. “The last time we raised the rates was in 2001,” he said, adding that in 2015 they standardized the rates. In 2023, Walsh said they did a Phase I sewer extension, which was $930 a year. Phase II was recently completed. Walsh said the rates for both Phase I and Phase II ...

‘Speaking For My Peers’

The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education welcomed two new ex-officio members to their roles during the body’s annual reorganization meeting. Rising Jamestown High School seniors Olivia Anderson and Alyvia Remington will serve as student members of the board of education during the ...