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Change Order Resolution Prompts Council Discussion

A City Council resolution for a change order with R. Patti Concrete Excavating LLC for a reconstruction project on Strong Street has prompted discussion by council members about how change orders work and why. During the latest work session meeting, Councilman Jeff Russell, R-At Large, asked ...

Sales Include Historic Lakewood Home

A historic mansion in the southern end of the county has a new owner. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 17-23. During this time period Green Farm Properties, LLC sold 3 W. Terrace ...

Lending Support

LAKEWOOD - The Lakewood Village Board of Trustees supports U.S Rep Nick Langworthy’s proposed Energy Choice Act. At a recent meeting, trustees unanimously approved a measure to support the act which opposes government-mandated natural gas bans. Langworthy spoke Sept. 5 in Mayville, at ...

Council To Vote On Support Of Energy Choice Bill

An act has been introduced at the federal level to give municipalities a choice when it comes to clean energy and what might work best for them, and the Jamestown city council recently discussed a resolution that would allow them to pledge their support behind this act. New York State’s ...

City Adds Decontamination Equipment

The city of Jamestown has installed new firefighter decontamination equipment at Station 1 of the Jamestown Fire Department, funded through a $25,000 reimbursement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Governments Reimbursement Program and a $5,000 fine assessed to Allen ...

JCC Tapdancing On North-County Site

As part of a celebratory announcement in January 2023 for a New York state Downtown Revitalization Initiative that would include $10 million for the city of Dunkirk was a project that involved Jamestown Community College. At that time, the institution was hoping a Central Avenue site, between ...