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Welch building conversion work targeted for spring

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For 20 years, the former CE Welch building in the village of Westfield has remained vacant. A proposal to turn it into apartments and commercial space could begin in the late spring with plans for it to be open by 2027. Sam Savarino, the chief executive officer of Savarino Companies, ...

City Fund Balance Concerns Council, Constituents

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With the city council planning to pass the 2026 Budget during next week’s voting session, the council’s work on said budget continued Monday night with the required public hearing. The 2026 city budget is currently looking at a 7.5% tax increase, which as of right now includes an ...

Warren resident charged with statutory sexual assault

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A Warren resident faces four felony charges that include sexual contact with a student. Megan R. Minich, 41, was charged Monday with first-degree statutory sexual assault: 11 years older; third-degree felony school - intercourse/sexual contact with a student; and two counts of third-degree ...

Area Police Reports

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Alexis S. Wakefield, 25, of Jamestown was charged Nov. 16 with second-degree aggravated harassment, and first-degree criminal contempt. According to police, at about 8:17 a.m., officers responded to a westside residence for a reported violation of an active order ...

Celoron, Cassadaga, Cherry Creek write-in names released

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While results are still unofficial, the Chautauqua County Board of Elections has released the names written in for two vacant seats, as well as a write-in candidate who appears to have beaten a person listed on the ballot. In Cassadaga, Jeffrey Frick was the only name on the ballot for two ...

State OKs partial Collins facility closing

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A Western New York facility is part of a prison downsizing plan announced by the New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. In a news release issued Tuesday morning, officials noted the partial closing of the Collins Correctional Facility. Plans are for the location ...