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SWCS Seeing Three Decade-Long Employee Retirements

Southwestern Central School district recently approved the requests for three teacher retirements from the school. These three teachers have dedicated over 70 combined years to the district, and have proven their immense dedication to the youth of the area. With these three being such ...

Carroll Police Chief Retires, New Candidate Selected

FREWSBURG – Town officials have approved the resignation of the longtime town of Carroll police chief and decided on his successor. At the December meeting, town Supervisor Tim Burkett read the retirement letter that had been submitted by current police chief William Nelson. After a brief ...

Sheriff’s Academy Presents Feather Memorial Award

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Academy recently awarded recruit Richard Allen the Dan Feather Memorial Award, a $1,600 scholarship recognizing professionalism, character, and commitment to public service. Allen has been enrolled in the Sheriff’s Academy, which is hosted at Jamestown ...

Flurry Of Options: Expanded Winter Farmers’ Market Reopening

The Jamestown Farmers’ Market will be reopening soon for the winter season. This season though, the market will be seeing a host of expansions to the available times that the market will be open. Additionally, due to receiving a state grant early this spring, works have already begun to ...

2026: Less Noise, More Life

I want to start the year off acknowledging what I do know and vowing to learn what I don’t. There are so many things I’ve wanted to master and never did — not piano or Italian, but the practice of patience and gratitude, an appreciation for silence, a more earnest pursuit of hope. The ...