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Mayor wants village to buy land near Lakeside Park

MAYVILLE – About three years ago, Erie Bank acquired a little over an acre of land near Lakeside Park where some condominiums were to be built. With nothing taking place there, Mayor Rick Syper said he wants to see if the village could buy the property. During the recent Mayville ...

Molitor: State data center delay is hypocritical

Both Assemblyman Andrew Molitor and state Sen. George Borrello opposed legislation creating a one-year moratorium on new data center construction in the state. As The Post-Journal and OBSERVER reported in early June, the state Legislature did what was expected and passed the moratorium, ...

Pair charged in Saturday Busti shooting

A pair of Jamestown residents have been charged in a shooting that took place early Saturday in the town of Busti. At 4 a.m., officers from the Lakewood-Busti Police Department were dispatched to Cummins Engine for a report of a gunshot victim. Upon arrival, officers located an adult ...

Lengthy List: City’s DRI application includes 24 projects totaling $30M+

The Northwest Arena may get a state-supported facelift to make the building better suited for performances. The top-ranked project in the application in Jamestown’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative application to the state is a $2.3 million project at the arena that will use $900,000 ...

City man faces charges twice in a week

A Jamestown man has been charged for the second time in a week with allegedly threatening another person with a weapon. Robert Overton Jr., 56, of Jamestown, was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal contempt and second-degree menacing after officers responded to a home on Jamestown's east side at 3:10 a.m. Sunday for a report of a person with a weapon. Overton allegedly brandished a weapon in direction of a caller who had an active full stay away order of protection against Overton, according to a police report. Overton was taken to the city jail until he could be ...