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Tony Dolce, longest-tenured City Council member, passes away

Tony Dolce, the Jamestown City Council's longest-tenured member and former president, has passed away in his sleep. City Council members were notified Saturday morning by Mayor Kim Ecklund, who had served alongside Dolce on the council for more than 20 years prior to winning election as ...

Despite progress, high earners still leave state at highest rate

A new voice is chiming in on the state’s ongoing population losses - something that will be an ongoing topic in the election race between incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul and challenger Bruce Blakeman. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently unveiled a new taxpayer migration dashboard where users ...

Receiver named for JBC while ownership dispute resolved

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

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

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

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 ...