Editor’s note: This column was written at Thanksgiving 2006. Thanksgiving weekend, for me, is the first gift of the holiday season. Now that the arrival of a grandchild has changed the family Christmas venue to Boston, Thanksgiving is at our house. It’s a much easier deal. I find ...

A city man has been charged after a gunshot complaint late Saturday evening. Skyler J. Tritapoe, 29, was charged with reckless endangerment, second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after the 11 p.m. incident. Jamestown police responded to a residence on the ...

FREWSBURG — For Frewsburg student Addison Becker, a required project from the National Honor Society, turned into a way to bring the community together in a big way. As a member of Frewsburg’s NHS, Becker said she is required to do one service project for the community, and that she ...

At least one member of the state Senate is pushing back against a plan by the state Board of Regents to require school districts to submit regionalization plans. State Sen. Jack Martins, R-Mineola, has introduced the “Our Schools, Our Rules Act” (S.9944) that would block any ...

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County officials are getting closer to deciding if a new jail should be constructed or improvements should just be made to the current facility. Two years ago, Chautauqua County hired a firm to do an evaluation of its jail. That evaluation is complete and will soon be ...

Property owners sued earlier this year by the Chautauqua County on behalf of the Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer District have filed a counterclaim against the county. In late September, attorney Henry Zomerfeld of Hodgson Russ filed an answer in the county’s lawsuit against the Kurtz family, ...