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SCFCU makes $15K sponsorship contribution to The Resource Center

Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union recently announced it had made a $15,000 corporate sponsorship contribution to The Resource Center and Filling the Gap Inc., a Jamestown-based non-profit organization that works with The Resource Center to support people with disabilities and other ...

Jamestown school funding lawsuit continues Tuesday

New York state says it is fully funding the Foundation Aid formula for schools and meeting a state court decision requiring additional aid to eight small city school districts - including Jamestown. The school districts disagree. On Tuesday, the small city school funding lawsuit will be ...

Volunteers plant gardens at Ashville Free Library

ASHVILLE - The Ashville community recently helped to beautify the Ashville Free Library. A garden of native plants and shrubs, with plants purchased from Art Samples Nursery in Ashville and Royal Fern Nursery of Fredonia was installed to beautify the Ashville Library and road near the library. Preparation of the space was provided by Ronnie Blynt of RC Property Solutions. On a humid September day, volunteers Oliver Burgeson, a Panama High School student and National Honor Society member, Jo Ann Bardo, Heidi Bird, Julie Nelson of the Audubon Gardeners, Forest McCray, a community ...

UPDATE: JMI Falconer facility destroyed in afternoon fire

FALCONER - Dark gray smoke darkened the sky over Falconer on Friday afternoon as firefighters fought a fire at JMI's 1946 New York Ave., Falconer, concrete facility, around 1:26 p.m. JMI is the largest, family owned producer of ready-mix concrete in Chautauqua County. Firefighters from at ...

Area Police Reports

JAMESTOWN POLICE - Joseph A. Snyder, 41, of Jamestown was charged with petit larceny, two counts of public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child at 11:09 a.m. Thursday after officers responded to a downtown business for a reported shoplifting. Snyder allegedly stole merchandise ...