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Prevention Works Set to Host Annual Poster Contest

FALCONER – Your Choice is Your Voice is the theme of Prevention Works’ 24th annual, youth, poster making contest. Each year, the non-profit located at 1 East Main St., Falconer, holds a contest where students compete for not only cash prizes, but also for a chance to have their unique ...

Sidewalk Clearing Discussion Continues

As one of the hardest winters on record for the area in the past few years slowly but surely makes its way to the end of the season, the plowing of city sidewalks remains a topic of conversation for the Jamestown City Council. The issue of reminding people of their responsibility to plow the ...

Longtime GM David Leathers To Retire In January

David Leathers, longtime Jamestown Board of Public Utilities general manager, will retire in January. Leathers has been the BPU’s general manager since March 2008 and, before that appointment, had served as interim general manager and deputy general manager for the electric division. He ...

State, union continue talks on prison crisis

Progress was being noted by the union that represents the corrections officers on day one, a spokesman for the union noted. James Miller, director of public relations for the New York State Corrections Officers and Benevolent Police Association said Monday’s talks “were extensive with the ...

Tax incentives OK’d for Busti solar projects

A pair of solar projects in the southern end of the county have received financial tax incentives. During the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency meeting, board members approved various Payment In Lieu Of Taxes agreements for a 4.75 megawatt solar project and a 3 megawatt solar ...

JPS Hires New Jefferson Assistant Principal

The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education recently approved the appointment of Nicole Marino as assistant principal of Jefferson Middle School. “We are excited to welcome Mrs. Marino to Jefferson Middle School,” said Tina Sandstrom, assistant superintendent for instruction and ...