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Clymer principal discusses art, science courses

CLYMER - With the upcoming school year approaching, Brianne Fadale, Clymer Central School’s building principal, gave an update to the school board during their most recent meeting on some plans for some specific courses for the year with the current changes in staffing. As far as course ...

City Rotary Club hears presentation on Project Lifesaver

Caitlin O’ Reilly, Jamestown Rotary Club president, introduced Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Kris Gustafson, who serves as the school resource officer at the Academy at Maple Avenue in Cassadaga and coordinates the county’s Project Lifesaver program. Gustafson has 15 years of ...

City accepting applications for business grant program

The Jamestown Department of Development has opened a new application window for ROI Jamestown: Reinvestment for Opportunity & Impact, a competitive grant program supporting investment in Jamestown’s commercial properties and businesses. Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, Sept. 30. Formerly known as the Restore, Adapt, Develop Jamestown (RAD) Grant Program, the initiative has been rebranded as ROI Jamestown to better reflect the city’s focus on strategic reinvestment, economic opportunity and measurable community impact. Made possible through U.S. Department of ...

Will They Come?

There’s nothing official to report at the moment but officials say there’s a lot of interest in some vacant manufacturing plants in the south county. During the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency meeting, Chief Executive Officer Mark Geise gave an update on a number of ...

City man charged after domestic incident

A Jamestown man faces three felony charges after an incident Sunday that included stealing a woman's car and attacking police officers after they had taken him to the city jail. Brandley D. Churchill, 36, of Jamestown was charged with first-degree felony criminal contempt, fourth-degree felony grand larceny, second-degree felony assault, second-degree criminal contempt, third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief and resisting arrest at 10:12 a.m. Sunday after officers responded to a north side home for a reported domestic incident. ...

Jamestown, CVCS continue transportation agreement

Two area school districts have entered into a shared services agreement for transportation services, to help with the increasing challenges in staffing bus drivers that are continuing to occur both locally and nationally. Jamestown Public Schools and Cassadaga Valley Central School approved a shared services agreement at the Jamestown Board of Education’s August 11 meeting, and Cassadaga Valley’s August 12 board meeting. The agreement will be used on an as-needed basis and came about due to Cassadaga Valley having needs to collaborate with other school districts last year sometimes ...