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Proposed parking garage repairs generate discussion

 Structural repairs are needed at both the Cherry Street and Spring Street parking garages in the city, and at least one City Council member wonders if the city should continue owning and operating the facilities. A resolution was discussed by the City Council’s Finance and Public Works committees this week for an agreement with Ryan Biggs Clark Davis to review the ramps and prepare documents related to the scope of structural repair work needed at both parking garages. According to documents filed with the city's capital budget requests for the 2027 budget, the Cherry Street ...

JRC official eyes new programs, outreach

The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation’s new downtown revitalization director is finalizing the early steps of plans to reinvigorate the organization and downtown. Michael Edwards, the JRC’s director of downtown revitalization, is in the midst of working on a new digital marketing ...

Frewsburg man charged in sex crimes with children

A yearlong investigation into online exploitation of children in southern Chautauqua County has led to the arrest of a 29-year-old Frewsburg man. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said it initiated the probe in 2025. Through its investigation a suspect was identified as Grey E. Snyder. ...

EPA announces $1M grant for Harrison St. clean-up

Some vacant land that previously had industry on it will soon be remediated so it can be used once again. On Thursday, Rep. Nick Langworthy was in Jamestown, along with Mike Martucci, the regional administrator for Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, to announce that $1 million is ...

JCC unveils retention plan; enrollment up

Jamestown Community College continues to see an upward trend in their enrollment numbers. The college’s new retention plan outlined the new data for this year’s fall semester during Tuesday’s board of trustees meeting. What started back during the 2025 fall semester, due to the State University of New York's Academic Momentum Campaign, is finally coming to fruition as the school’s PRCC (Pathways Retention Coordinating Committee) presented enrollment numbers for the fall 2026 semester. Chaired by Sarah Bright, an associate professor at the Olean, New York campus, Jeanne ...

UPMC Chautauqua celebrates 10th anniversary of merger between UPMC, WCA

It’s been 10 years since the merger of UPMC and the former WCA Hospital - and UPMC Chautauqua officials are looking to the future after spending a day looking back at how far the hospital has come. Local officials and leadership with UPMC gathered on Thursday to celebrate a decades-long ...