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Clymer man charged with rape of underage girl

A Clymer man has been charged with second-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. On Thursday, an arrest warrant was issued by Busti Town Court after a Lakewood-Busti police investigation. James S. Miller, 30, of Clymer allegedly engaged in sexual contact with a female under the ...

Paint CHQ Bemus Point mural unveiled

BEMUS POINT - A new mural was recently unveiled in Bemus Point as part of a joint initiative by the Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth and the Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Development. “This is fantastic,” said Bemus Point Mayor Jeff Molnar of the mural. ...

Alliance board eyes 2027 with lake consultant

=The Chautauqua Watershed and Management Alliance board met with AJ Reyes of GEI Consultants recently to review the year’s lake and watershed work and discuss 2027 funding. This was the first year of the alliance’s expanded 18-person board, which now drives improved coordination and ...

JPD purchase is latest example of TRC’s Allied Industries flexibility

Allied Industries, The Resource Center’s manufacturing division, has long been known as a maker of military goods. But, as a recent order for SWAT team vests from the Jamestown Police Department shows, the local manufacturing organization has a wider range than just its work for the ...

For local woman, jurisdiction makes domestic violence case difficult

A man allegedly involved in a local woman’s ongoing domestic violence case is not facing his first day in court. And that, according to Samantha Skudlarek, is part of the problem. The case involves multiple incidents in three states - and communication between courts has been a struggle. Skudlarek told The Post-Journal she has been working for a long time on getting the court system to examine all of the man’s past and current charges together with her own, including being in contact with the other women involved. In that time, she has found it difficult to get courts to look at ...