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City’s unassigned surplus is on low end for cities

Jamestown’s audit is getting done more quickly each year - though the picture the audit paints is getting uglier. The city’s 2025 audit results are in from Drescher and Malecki about three and a half months earlier than last year. The results were presented this week to the City Council ...

Clymer, Sherman Panama reach merger petition goal

CLYMER — The petition period for getting signatures to continue forward with the Clymer, Sherman, Panama merger process continues until October 1, but during Thursday night’s final town hall of that petition period, held in Clymer, it was announced that with a week left to go all three ...

Executive proposes $11M from surplus to balance budget

MAYVILLE – A combination of using a large portion of its reserves and the high value of homes in Chautauqua County has allowed County Executive PJ Wendel to propose a budget which has the lowest property tax rate in 50 years, while also keeping the levy, the amount raised by taxes, flat. ...

County Special Olympians take on Jamestown police officers

GERRY - The Special Olympians of the Chautauqua Lakers softball team faced off against some of Jamestown’s finest on Wednesday. The final score of the softball outing was reported as either 13-13 or 13-12, depending on who was asked. The score wasn’t necessarily important. The ...

City residents bring similar concerns to Housing Committee

Derelict houses and absentee landlords were among the multiple concerns brought forth by city residents to members of the Housing Committee during their latest meeting. With those issues also came a suggestion to help understand housing in the city. A local architect, Don Harrington, from ...

UPDATE: Teen’s death being mourned by Silver Creek school

SILVER CREEK — Silver Creek Central School is mourning the death of a student. Keira (Koda) Beckstrom died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a train. Just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to an incident on the CSX railroad tracks in the ...