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Persell Middle School Names October Students Of The Month

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 ...

JHS A Cappella Choir Alumni Refurbish Rehearsal Piano

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 ...

Simpler Times: Korean War Vet Recalls Past Christmases

It was a much simpler time when Rod Williams was growing up on Jackson Avenue in Celoron. He was born on October 10, 1931, in a Jamestown hospital, although he doesn’t know which of the two it was. His mother was a homemaker. His father was an auto and truck mechanic and with his brother, ...

Dunkirk to declare nuclear interest

DUNKIRK — Within the coming week, it is expected the city of Dunkirk will be responding to a Request for Information by the New York Power Authority regarding its interest in hosting an advanced nuclear project. State Gov. Kathy Hochul in June called on the Power Authority to develop at ...

Sinclairville Cruelty Case Leaves Humane Society Overly Full

The Chautauqua County Humane Society is in urgent need of help from the community following taking in 19 dogs from a cruelty case in Sinclairville earlier this week. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at a residence and discovered the dogs living in poor ...

City Works To Decrease Number Of Condemned Homes

Development Department officials are trying to cut the number of condemned homes in the city. Following a request from the City Council’s Housing Committee for an updated list of condemned houses within the city, city Development Director Crystal Surdyk provided the committee with the list ...