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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 ...

New comptroller wades into Dunkirk fiscal woes

Dunkirk’s new comptroller debuted this week at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting. The city’s seemingly endless flow of bad financial news splashed at her feet. Tracy Smith-Dengler received her City Hall keypod, then sat back and took in the latest reports, saying nothing. Nick ...

Hochul to sign less restrictive data center delay

New York state will have a one-year ban on construction of large data centers, but Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order on the issue is less restrictive than legislation passed near the end of the state legislative session. Hochul announced early Tuesday morning that she will sign an executive ...

YWCA to honor 2026 Women of Achievement

The YWCA Jamestown will honor its 2026 Women of Achievement - Leishya Rios Pérez, Makayla Santiago-Froebel, Briana Postle, Crystal Surdyk and Diana Scott - on July 31 at the Celoron Harbor Hotel. The awards ceremony was held recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. “YWCA Jamestown has a proud tradition of celebrating and amplifying the women of Chautauqua County who work on behalf of our community to create a more equitable, inclusive place to live and work. We thank all the nominees for their contributions, and we invite our friends and neighbors to help honor them at our annual ...

Panama looks to reinforce garbage can requirements

PANAMA — The village of Panama provides garbage services to all village residents through Casella Waste, and with the company looking to make improvements such as efficiency and keeping their drivers safe, the village is reinforcing that residents must keep all garbage in the provided ...