Ellicott approves quality of life code tickets

July 27, 2026

Ellicott officials are investigating a quality of life ticketing system in an attempt to decrease the volume of code cases making their way to town court. Brandon Shelters, Ellicott code enforcement officer, made the suggestion during the Ellicott Town Board's July 7 meeting. Rather than sending code violations to Ellicott Town Court, which ends up driving up the number of cases in court and allows code cases to stay open longer, Shelters suggested the use of violation tickets for common code violations. Jamestown's quality of life tickets give code enforcement officers the option ...

New future for former Jamestown Awning building proposed

July 27, 2026

A project is in the works for 289 Steele Street, home of the old Jamestown Awning building. Members of the city Planning Commission recently discussed the project. Architect Chris Cooke, was in attendance with the building owner, Clint George. The building which used to be used for storage ...

Legacy Of Laughter: Lucille Ball Comedy Festival has brought the funny to Jamestown for 35 years despite changes

July 25, 2026

Journey Gunderson has organized roughly one-third of the 35 Lucille Ball Comedy Festivals held in Jamestown. First hosted back in 1991 as the Lucille Ball Festival of New Comedy, the festival has changed a lot over the years. An early emphasis on live comedy gave way to remembrances of ...

Electrovaya enters agreement with Amazon

July 25, 2026

Prices of Electrovaya’s stock rose sharply recently after the company announced a commercial agreement with Amazon, Electrovaya’s largest customer. At the close of business Wednesday, Electrovaya's stock price had increased 28.9% since announcing the agreement with Amazon. Electrovaya ...

One Crawford Furniture fire lawsuit ends

July 25, 2026

Artone Manufacturing has ended its lawsuit against Selective Insurance seeking faster release of insurance proceeds to pay for damages related to the November 2022 fire at the neighboring Crawford Furniture Company building. The company had filed suit in November 2024 to recover $594,450.66 ...

Dunkirk Lighthouse’s crumbling bluff raises concern

July 25, 2026

The bluff for the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veteran Museum is crumbling. If nothing is done, the lighthouse could literally fall in the lake. What solutions are there? There are some, but all seem to be quite expensive and will take a lot of work. During the Chautauqua County ...