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Natalie Merchant Named To Folklife Center Board of Trustees

Jamestown native Natalie Merchant has been named to the Library Of Congress's American Folklife Center Board of Trustees. The organization works to preserve and promote the United States' folklore, cultural traditions, music, and arts, and aide in the long-term planning and policy direction ...

Mary E. (Derby) Carpenter

Mary E. (Derby) Car-penter, 80, of W. Third St., Jamestown, formerly of Shirley Lane Jamestown, passed away Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022 in Jamestown. She was born June 19, 1942 in Charlotte Center, N.Y., the daughter of the late Willard E. and Helena L. (Jungberg) Derby. Mary attended Randolph ...

Center Stage

While voters made their way to the polls on Election Day, a 40-foot-tall Norway Spruce found its way to Tracy Plaza outside the Jamestown Municipal Building. This year’s tree was donated by The New Hope Community Church. After being harvested Tuesday morning, the Norway Spruce was carefully ...

Jamestown Man Charged After Dunkirk Traffic Stop

A traffic stop early Tuesday led to drug and weapon charges against a Jamestown resident. City officers report that around 1:13 a.m., they stopped a vehicle in area of West Fourth and Lark streets. The operator, identified as Anthony Alvarez-Luna of 633 E. Second St., Jamestown, was charged ...

New York Tax Climate, As Usual, Drags In Near The Rear

Thanks to its complex tax policies, New York found itself once again near the bottom of the rankings in the Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index. For the fifth straight year, the Empire State came in next to last in the annual study, which the public policy nonprofit group ...