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Briefly July 10, 2026

Falconer Village Board To Meet July 13 FALCONER — The Falconer Village Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, July 13, in the Fire Exempts Hall, 3 Coleson Drive. The public is welcome to attend. Bemus Point School Board To Meet Monday BEMUS POINT - The Bemus Point Central School Board of Education will hold its reorganizational meeting on Monday, July 13, at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at Maple Grove Junior-Senior High School. There will be a public hearing from 5:45 to 6 p.m. to get public comment on the district’s school safety plan. The public is welcome. Stockton Library To Host ...

Area fully plugged in to data center debate

Editor's Corner July 10, 2026

Maybe Portland town Supervisor Rich Lewis and Town Board members were testing the waters in March. That is when the body passed a resolution expressing its support for a proposed data center to be located on the grounds of the former Sugar Hill Golf Course. If anything, they had the residents at a boiling point. Within the next three months, an online petition was started and a Facebook Grape Belt Community Group with a modest 210 members was started to send a message of opposition to any such plan. Located near the shoreline along Route 5, the former golf course property is ...

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Paths To Success

Local News July 10, 2026

While Buffalo Bills players often occupy the spotlight on Sundays, Nick Lacy and Chris Brown have built careers that demonstrate the many paths to success in professional sports. Lacy, an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Bills, and Brown, the longtime voice of the Bills ...

South Dayton man facing prison after enticement, sex with girl, 14

Latest News July 9, 2026

A South Dayton man has pleaded guilty to enticement and having sex with a 14-year-old girl. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Thursday that Ronald A. Howard, 59, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. It carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life. Between March 16 and April 10, 2024, Howard, then 57-years-old, communicated via text messaging and Snapchat with a 14-year-old female, during which the two engaged in sexual conversation and discussed meeting to engage in sexual activity. Howard knew the victim was 14. ...

Jamestown DAR Chapter honors local students

Community July 9, 2026

The Jamestown Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution recently held an award ceremony at the Partridge-Sheldon House to honor local students who had been selected by their schools. Students were chosen due to their conduct in their schools and communities as ...