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Winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in city

A winning TAKE 5 was sold Tuesday at a Jamestown Kwik Fill. The New York Lottery announced one top-prize ticket was sold for the Wednesday TAKE 5 MIDDAY drawing at 1781 Foote Ave. The prize-winning ticket is worth $17,637.50 TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. The drawing is televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. A Lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing.

Fredonia wants Flock cameras removed

FREDONIA - Fredonia looks set to pass an anti-Flock camera resolution. Debate and outrage over the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office program, which put surveillance cameras in downtown Fredonia, has been an issue in the community for weeks. Fredonia Trustee Tim Mulholland proposed a resolution at a workshop this week to express distaste and call for the cameras’ shutdown. Mulholland’s resolution looks certain to get passed by the five-member Board of Trustees, as it was clearly supported by Trustees Christine Cruz Keefe and LeeAnn Lazarony. Mulholland’s resolution ...

City DRI public workshop is Oct. 27

The second public workshop for the city of Jamestown’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative “2.0” will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Robert H. Jackson Center, 305 E. Fourth St., from 5 to 7 p.m. The workshop will provide an opportunity for members of the Jamestown DRI Local Planning Committee and the public to hear directly from project sponsors as they pitch their projects for a share of nearly $10 million in funding available through the city’s DRI program. The workshop will begin with a brief overview of the DRI process and instructions for the event, followed by brief ...

County eyes earlier retirement for probation officers

The Chautauqua County Legislature is eyeing a proposal which would allow some Probation Department employees to retire earlier than they do right now. Probation Department Director Gilbert Taylor met with members of the legislature’s Administrative Services Committee to discuss a ...

Area youth, volunteers help feed those in need

A newly rebranded organization is helping tackle an old problem in the city of Jamestown. Participants in the Sagewell Accountability and Responsibility (A&R) program organized a community outreach event to feed the hungry on Tuesday near the former Oriental Star Restaurant at 7 S. Main St. ...

Democrats open Jamestown campaign office

Roughly 100 people turned out recently for the grand opening of the Jamestown City Democratic Party Headquarters. Pictured are candidates Jason Sample, Tom Nelson, Julie Jackson-Forsberg, Tom Carle, Victoria Guite, Alexandria Moss, Mike Lee, Aaron Gies and Craig Bucki.