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County Eyes Single City Social Service Office Area

Chautauqua County is eyeing consolidating some of its social services in the city of Jamestown. On Wednesday, the county legislature will be voting on a resolution to rent 2,180 square feet on the third floor of the Jamestown Municipal Building on East Third Street for the county’s ...

Amended Housing Project Receives Planning Commission Approval

The Blooming Gardens project, a collaboration between Southern Tier Environments for Living and CODE Inc., is a step closer to reality after receiving approval from the city Planning Commission. Matt Long with Long Architects presented the proposal to the commission during their most recent ...

Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins

(AP) — Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren’t paying attention and wasted class time by repeating ...

Pilot Residential Districts Move To Council

The city Planning Commission has signed off on a plan to create residential districts for new infill housing developments and projects focused on construction of new buildings in vacant or underutilized parcels in the city. The city Development Department is proposing an ordinance that would ...

BPU Updates Progress On Community Fiber Project

Jamestown Board of Public Utilities officials are making progress on a community broadband initiative. BPU officials recently updated the City Council on the project. Kris Sellstrom, BPU deputy general manager, presented to the council during Monday’s work session, beginning with a map of ...