Over the past few years the Jamestown Police Department has consistently reported issues with getting the number of officers included in the department’s yearly budget. Police Chief Scott Forster told council members that one of his goals for the coming year is to bring the department’s ...
FREDONIA - Fredonia looks set to pass an anti-Flock camera resolution. Debate and outrage over the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office program, which put surveillance cameras in downtown Fredonia, has been an issue in the community for weeks. Fredonia Trustee Tim Mulholland proposed a resolution at a workshop this week to express distaste and call for the cameras’ shutdown. Mulholland’s resolution looks certain to get passed by the five-member Board of Trustees, as it was clearly supported by Trustees Christine Cruz Keefe and LeeAnn Lazarony. Mulholland’s resolution ...
A newly rebranded organization is helping tackle an old problem in the city of Jamestown. Participants in the Sagewell Accountability and Responsibility (A&R) program organized a community outreach event to feed the hungry on Tuesday near the former Oriental Star Restaurant at 7 S. Main St. ...
The Chautauqua County Legislature is eyeing a proposal which would allow some Probation Department employees to retire earlier than they do right now. Probation Department Director Gilbert Taylor met with members of the legislature’s Administrative Services Committee to discuss a ...
A winning TAKE 5 was sold Tuesday at a Jamestown Kwik Fill. The New York Lottery announced one top-prize ticket was sold for the Wednesday TAKE 5 MIDDAY drawing at 1781 Foote Ave. The prize-winning ticket is worth $17,637.50 TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. The drawing is televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. A Lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing.
Heading into 2027, the Jamestown Fire Department is seeing the majority of the increase in their budget for next year in the area of salaries as ARPA and SAFER grant funding expires. Fire Chief Ryan Roush presented the department’s 2027 budget to the City Council on Monday, highlighting ...
