With the public hearing regarding the Department of Development’s Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development being held Monday night following the housing committee meeting, the housing committee also ...

Jamestown High School is without a marching band director - again. The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education learned Tuesday about Marc Lentsch’s resignation. Superintendent Dr. Kevin Whitaker acknowledged his commitment and his effort in 2025 “Marc Lentsch, who has been our ...

Pedestrian and traffic safety is on the minds of council members following an incident Saturday night on Falconer Street. Jamestown police reported Monday that they responded to a call at 6:08 p.m. Saturday for a car-pedestrian accident on Falconer Street near Bowen Street, where a Jamestown ...

Traffic changes may soon be coming by Love Elementary and other schools in the city. Councilman Tony Dolce, R-Ward 2 and chair of the Public Safety Committee, at Monday’s committee meeting said he is planning on talking with the principal at Love Elementary School about some possible ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has formally released her agenda for the coming year with more than 200 initiatives included in her 2026 State of the State address. Among the initiatives are increasing funding by $1.7 billion to provide universal, affordable child care around the state, eliminating the ...

By Gregory Bacon gbacon@observertoday.com When it comes to the health of the residents of a community and the physical structures where they live and work, it appears there is a connection. During the recent Chautauqua County Planning Board meeting, some members of the county’s Health ...