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Senate Recognition

State Sen. George Borrello recently presented a state Senate proclamation to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of The Post-Journal’s first edition. The Post-Journal was first published on June 21, 1826, known then as the Jamestown Journal. The paper made its debut as a semi-weekly, ...

Providing A Lift

FALCONER - The Falconer Rotary Club recently welcomed Kris Gustafson, a Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputy, who gave club members a presentation on Project Lifesaver, a search-and-rescue program to help protect children and adults with cognitive conditions who may be prone to wandering. ...

Lakeside Park kayak launch delayed

MAYVILLE – A new kayak launch is not expected to be installed at Lakeside Park this year. During the August Mayville Village Board meeting, officials pulled a resolution to award a contract to who would install the kayak launch. The kayak launch has been part of the Lakeside Park ...

Clymer school board hears about potential new building uses

CLYMER — As the process continues for the potential merger of the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts, each district has also been presented with a study that shows the possibility of future uses for each school building if the merger were to be approved. During the Clymer Board of ...

Tree removal rankles Lakewood board, resident

Lakewood Village Board members aren’t happy about the removal of trees in the village right of way on Gifford Avenue. There has been discussion of the trees during the board’s past two meetings. Code officer Jeff Swanson and John Certo, village public works supervisor, prepared a survey prior to the board’s July7 meeting that confirmed the property belonged to the village. A tenant of a nearby apartment had allegedly had the trees removed. Ellen Barnes, village trustee, said she had done research showing it is illegal to cut down trees on other people’s property, with the ...

‘Slapped In The Face’

St. Susan Center’s freezer, a piece of equipment critical to their operations of helping to feed people in Jamestown, was vandalized over the weekend. St Susan Center reported the incident via Facebook on Monday, saying that around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, individuals “completely ...