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Area projects receive state funding

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Two area water projects have received state funding for water or sewer improvements. The town of Dunkirk has received a $1.4 million state grant for the replacement of 13,000 linear feet of aged water mains and appurtenances including hydrants, valves and service meters in the Shorewood Water District while the village of of South Dayton received a $98,100 state grant for the design and construction of improvements to the wastewater treatment plant and sanitary collection system. The funding is among $113 million announced recently to help communities statewide afford water and ...

Thule Lodge holds memorial service

Community

FALCONER - The Thule Lodge recently held its annual memorial service. The lodge is the Swedish organization formed 119 years ago in the Jamestown area to help Swedish immigrants with their housing, employment and schooling. Many of the Swedish people found employment in the furniture ...

State inaction tolerates mayhem in prisons

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Detailing a surge in violence, staff assaults, overdoses, exposures and deaths inside state prisons, New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association President Chris Summers declared the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to be in a “full-scale ...

Legion Auxiliary Unit 556 Meets

Community

The Samuel L. Derby American Legion Auxiliary Unit 556 recently held its monthly meeting with 14 members attending. Chaplain Dee Dee Liden gave the opening blessing. The April minutes were read and approved. Treasurer Debby Walsh, gave the April financial report. Jeff Levandoski, Chautauqua County Commander, presented his commander's project of repairing the 60-foot flagpole at the Allegheny Highland Boy Scout Council on Hough Hill Road in Falconer, as well as replacing the 12 x 18 American Flag. A motion was made, seconded, and unanimously carried to donate $100 to the Chautauqua ...

New charges announced in Zaso drug ring

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The investigation into a drug ring in Jamestown is now spreading to Rochester with new charges against a pair of Rochester residents. . U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo recently announced a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Quentin L. Yancey a/k/a Q, 39, and Johnny B. Mays a/k/a Blaze, 41, both of Rochester, with narcotics conspiracy. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life. In addition, Yancey is charged with using and maintaining a drug-involved premises and six counts of money laundering. According ...

JRC named downtown revitalization director

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The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation has hired Michael Edwards as its new director of downtown revitalization. Edwards will officially begin in the role on July 1 and will lead efforts to strengthen downtown Jamestown through business development, placemaking, community engagement, ...