FALCONER – The town of Ellicott unanimously voted to create a new reserve fund for the highway department. This reserve comes from a need to keep extra funding in case of a winter of extreme weather conditions. Town officials hope that this reserve will prevent the use of unrelated reserve ...

Nick Rein didn’t know Leanna Herrera or her family. But, in the wake of the 4-year-old’s passing after an accident in front of Fletcher Elementary School in November, Rein knew he had to do something. Rein took action through his business, A Slice of Home, during the week of Thanksgiving ...

The Greater Jamestown AM Rotary Club recently donated to two local organizations that help combat hunger amid the SNAP delay that impacted thousands of local individuals and families. The club provided support to the food pantry at the Salvation Army of Jamestown that serves 2,100 families ...

Persell Middle School officials recently released the school’s Students of the Month for October. They are: - Eliza Vorse, fifth grade, is the daughter of Greg and Martha Vorse. Eliza likes to draw, sing, and listen to music. Her favorite subject in school is science and her goal in life ...

Alumni of the Jamestown High School A Cappella Choir came together ahead of the choir’s 100th anniversary A Cappella Alumni Vespers last December to raise money to refurbish the ensemble’s Baldwin rehearsal piano. Illos Piano Restoration of Buffalo completed the refurbishments over the ...

Randy Merrill, a 1997 State University at Fredonia graduate and Jamestown native, was mastering engineer for three 2026 GRAMMY-nominated entries. He was nominated as mastering engineer for two entries for Record of the Year – for Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” and Chappell Roan’s “The ...