One of the most significant lessons schools, governments and elected leaders were supposed to have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic revolved around the hazards that come with giving away cash. The first windfall allowed to happen in 2020 was in the form of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and ...

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that Richard S. Dean, 49, of Jamestown, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 5 years and 10 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. ...

The LaBella Associates engineering firm will report Tuesday on its study of Fredonia joining the Northern Chautauqua County Water District, village Mayor Michael Ferguson said Thursday. Ferguson said in an email to village officials and the OBSERVER that LaBella would do a presentation on the ...

The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is warning the community about potential scam calls from people claiming to want to talk about their electric bills. During the BPU’s May meeting, board member Marie Carrubba said she received two different phone calls within the span of five minutes ...

As cuts on the federal level continue, the city of Jamestown has officially approved sending a letter and resolution to local federal representatives asking for their help preventing the cuts and potential elimination of the Housing and Urban Development’s HOME and CDBG funding programs. ...

FREDONIA — 200 years ago, the Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman known as a national hero in helping the colonies to win the American Revolution, made a stop on his new America tour in Fredonia. At the beginning of June, the Benjamin Prescott Chapter of the Daughters of the American ...