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Busti Officials Updated On Intersection Change Land Needs

BUSTI - As a preliminary measure, representatives from the state Department of Transportation on Monday spoke to Busti Town officials and private property owners about proposed changes to the five-way intersection. In an April 16 letter to town officials, the DOT is preparing to acquire ...

State Advisory Is Alarming For Fishing In Region

The old timers on the dock used to measure a day by the weight in the cooler. A limit of walleye or a bucket of yellow perch meant success, supper, supermarket savings, and bragging rights. Today, the measuring stick feels different. Increasing advisories from the New York State Department of ...

City Man Jailed After Alleged Drunken Incident

A drunken night out in downtown Warren landed a Jamestown man in the Warren County Jail for a brief period of time over the weekend. Nicholas Taylor, 41, of Jamestown, was charged Saturday by Warren City Police with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and retail theft after officers responded to a reported shoplifting at 1:07 p.m. Saturday at Fine Wine and Spirits at 36 Market St., Warren. The called told police the man was walking toward Tops Market and gave a description. The man was found in Tops Market and identified as Taylor, according to the Affidavit of ...

Dunkirk Council Delays Comptroller Law

The Dunkirk Common Council decided to postpone consideration of adding a city comptroller until next week. The law needed to add the position came up on the agenda of last week’s meeting. Councilman-at-large Nick Weiser said that it was his understanding that the other council members wanted to hear more comments from the public. The council then moved to table voting on the law until its May 19 meeting. Council had already just heard negative comments about the comptroller proposal from three city residents, who spoke during the public hearing that is legally required before a law ...

DPW Contracts On Council Agenda

Multiple contracts are up for discussion at tonight’s City Council work session for the Department of Public Works, specifically in the areas of roadwork and materials and labor. The first contract is with the Board of Public Utilities for a Roadhole contract. The BPU bid out roadhole work on March 19, that the DPW has utilized in past years. Specifically, this contract has been used for brick pavement installation and brick pavement relay. Any materials purchased for streets projects under this contract are charged to the 2026 DPW contractual services account, brick rehab, CHIPS and ...