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Watershed Conservancy To Host Wine On Trail

ASHVILLE – The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy will be holding its next Wine on the Trail event this week to encourage members of the community to get outside and active. Conservancy members noted that this monthly event has proven incredibly successful so far in giving people a fun ...

Man Enters Guilty Plea In Drug Distribution, Harm

A Jamestown man has pleaded guilty to distribution of controlled substances causing serious bodily injury. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Tuesday that David Sekerak Ledesma, 52, entered the admission before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. The plea carries a mandatory ...

City Extends Light Contest Nominations

The amount of snowfall early in the season has caused some small issues in getting pictures for nominations for the city’s Christmas Light contest this year, enough so that the timeline for receiving nominations has been extended. During Monday’s work session, Mayor Kim Ecklund reported ...

JCC Receives Nursing Grant

Jamestown Community College is the recipient of more than $300,000 from the State University of New York. Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced Tuesday the funding that is part of a nearly $1 million investment from the High Needs Nursing Fund to expand academic pathways to nursing careers, ...

Sheridan Warehouse Project To Add Jobs

A warehouse company that has locations in Fredonia and Sheridan is looking to expand its business with a multi-million project. At the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Board of Directors meeting, representatives with Wavepoint 3PL, Inc. were in attendance. They are seeking to ...

City Man Sentenced In Drug Possession

Kevin Raymond, 60, of Jamestown was sentenced Monday morning by Judge David W. Foley to a determinate state prison sentence of 10 years with three years of post-release supervision after being convicted of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. In March, members of the ...