Receiver named for JBC while ownership dispute resolved

July 18, 2026

Jamestown Bowling Company remains open - but the companies that own the longtime Jamestown bowling alley are stuck on opposite sides of a 7-10 split. A receiver has been appointed by the state Supreme Court in Mayville as a dispute is resolved amongst the ownership group of Jamestown Bowling Company in East Second Street. In late June, Leonard Pimm filed suit in state Supreme Court asking the court to resolve a deadlock between equal owners of Pimm Mee Corp. and BC Bowl Corp., two closely held corporations. The dispute includes what Pimm terms “financial mismanagement of the ...

Regional grape program continues to help struggling grape farmers

July 18, 2026

Grape growers in the area have been struggling, especially following Refresco cancelling all of their contracts with grape growers earlier this year. Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Lake Erie Regional Grape Program has been helping growers since then, and are continuing to work to provide ...

Coming Down

July 17, 2026

The city Department of Development has been continuing to work with housing demolition contractors. City Council members were recently updated on the progress. Kacie Foulk discussed demolitions with members of the Housing Committee on Monday. Councilwoman Hannah Jaroszynski, D-Ward 5 and ...

Wednesday Incident Prompts Warning To Parents

July 17, 2026

Three Jamestown residents face charges after children under their care were allegedly attacking other people, smashing windows out of a residence and interfering with police work early Wednesday morning. The charges come the same day Jamestown police reminded city residents through a social media post of the city's 10 p.m. curfew for those under 16 years of age to be off the streets. According to a police report, Mercedes B.C. Baca, 35, William J. Morse Sr., 44, and Katherine T. Morse, 38, of Jamestown were all cited city curfew violations and endangering the welfare of a child at ...

Prison sentence announced in city drug ring

July 17, 2026

A Buffalo man already serving a 25 year to life sentence for murder has been sentenced to 14.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug crimes in Jamestown. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Wednesday that Ernest Brown, a/k/a Wayne Perry, a/k/a Wayne Brown, 43, Buffalo, was ...

City school board approves teacher hiring incentives

July 17, 2026

The continued struggle to recruit teachers has prompted the Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education to approve two incentives - one for student-teachers and one for new teachers. Dr. Dr. Kevin Whitaker, Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, said the student teacher sign-on bonus will ...