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Four charged with endangering welfare of children

Four Jamestown residents have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Officers working on a STRIVE domestic violence detail at 10 p.m. Tuesday checked the well being of those living in an east side home and found four children living in deplorable and unsanitary conditions. Facing charges are Natalie B. Frost, 21, Sincere R. Fisher, 22, Justin M. Heiser, 23, and Brianna M. Heiser, 26. Frost is charged with three counts of second-degree criminal contempt and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and Fisher is charged with second-degree criminal contempt and ...

C/S/P school boards to continue merger process

CLYMER - Monday night saw the next step in the potential merger of Clymer, Sherman and Panama central schools as all three schools voted individually in favor of continuing the process. Each school board met individually for their July reorganizational meeting Monday night, and included ...

Panama looks to reinforce garbage can requirements

PANAMA — The village of Panama provides garbage services to all village residents through Casella Waste, and with the company looking to make improvements such as efficiency and keeping their drivers safe, the village is reinforcing that residents must keep all garbage in the provided ...

YWCA to honor 2026 Women of Achievement

The YWCA Jamestown will honor its 2026 Women of Achievement - Leishya Rios Pérez, Makayla Santiago-Froebel, Briana Postle, Crystal Surdyk and Diana Scott - on July 31 at the Celoron Harbor Hotel. The awards ceremony was held recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. “YWCA Jamestown has a proud tradition of celebrating and amplifying the women of Chautauqua County who work on behalf of our community to create a more equitable, inclusive place to live and work. We thank all the nominees for their contributions, and we invite our friends and neighbors to help honor them at our annual ...

Fire-damaged home in city demolished

A home at the intersection of Willard and Allen streets that was damaged in a 2023 fire has been demolished. Debris has largely been removed from the site. P-J photo by John Whittaker