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Jamestown OTB office to close Oct. 31

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Jamestown is scheduled to lose its Western Regional Off-Track Betting branch as of Oct. 31. The OTB board plans to cut its branch operations from eight locations to two, with branches remaining in Williamsville and Gates. Locations in Auburn, Cheektowaga, Empire, Jamestown, Rochester and North Tonawanda are all scheduled to close at the end of October. The OTB board is expected to take formal action on the proposed plan, which was approved after several years of reviewing the financial performance and changing needs of the OTB branch network. An analysis conducted this year examined ...

Falconer to host NY Forward meeting Thursday

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FALCONER - The next meeting of the Falconer NY Forward Local Planning Committee is set for Thursday, Sept. 30, at the Fire Hall Training Center, 115 Davis St., starting at 5 p.m. Falconer is one of two recipients of a $4.5 million New York State NY Forward award for the Western New York region, which will help revitalize part of the village. Members of the Local Planning Commission were nominated by Falconer Mayor James Jaroszynski and, as previously reported in an edition of The Post-Journal, consist of Jaroszynski, who serves as co-chair along with Shane Marcheson, Brenda ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Brenda K. Leeper, 58, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia at 8:45 a.m. Friday after a search warrant was executed at 107 Lister St., Jamestown, by narcotics detectives from the Jamestown Police Department and narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department. Once officers made entry, they allegedly found Leeper inside as well as a quantity of fentanyl, crack ...

Questions, complaints arise from county tax auction

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MAYVILLE – A Clymer property that was initially sold at the county auction has been pulled from getting final approval, at least temporarily. During the Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, Darlene Bolsover expressed concerns over a property in Clymer that she has won through the county ...

New Bemus Point boat launch ramp complete

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BEMUS POINT - Another boat launch has been added to the roaming shores of Chautauqua Lake. The state Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the completion of the Bemus Point State Boat Launch and Fishing Access Site. The new launch point is located at the former fish ...