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Briefly September 25, 2026

Reg Lenna To Screen Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World The Reg Lenna Center for the Arts will screen the film Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30. The film considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her. The documentary features interviews with her close friends, including John Waters, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and ...

County Special Olympians take on Jamestown police officers

Area Police Reports

Police Reports September 25, 2026

LAKEWOOD-BUSTI POLICE - LAKEWOOD - Albert D. Pognant, 38, of Jamestown was charged with petit larceny after officers responded to the Dollar General in Lakewood for a reported shoplifting in progress. Pognant was allegedly found on West Fairmount Avenue near Winch Road. He was charged, processed and released to be in Busti Town Court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE - Tysean L. Mays, 21, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree criminal contempt at 9:26 a.m. Thursday after officers working as part of a STRIVE domestic violence detail responded to a west side home for an order of ...

Borrello lauds $8.5M in federal health care funding

Community September 25, 2026

ALBANY – Six health care providers serving the 57th Senate District will receive more than $8.5 million in federal funding for New York’s Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The investment is part of the broader federal Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion, five-year initiative established under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The state is using $76.2 million of its first year of federal funding for the Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The initiative is designed to support regional partnerships ...

Only drastic measures can transform struggling cities

Editor's Corner September 25, 2026

Maybe it is time for Dunkirk’s elected leaders to revisit a survey taken last winter regarding a financial future for the cash-strapped municipality. That poll, commissioned by state Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, found that of 178 city residents questioned, 68% ...