Jamestown News

A lifelong Dunkirk resident, Mr. Krystofik served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1956.

For the first time in several years, a free lunch program will be provided at each site by Chautauqua Opportunities Inc. and is being made possible through a grant from the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County.

Williams, the Jamestown man who now goes by the name Shyteek Johnson, pleaded guilty in 1999 to statutory rape and reckless endangerment after police said he knowingly infected more than a dozen women with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS.

Born in Limestone, N.Y. on Sept. 1, 1922, to Joseph and Grace White, he lived on Chautauqua Lake at Loomis Bay for many years, and then in Jensen Beach, Fla., for the past 30 years.

Nushawn Williams was convicted of statutory rape and reckless endangerment back in 1999.

A few thousand opponents of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas rallied on the steps of the state Capitol Monday - and a new public-opinion poll suggests they're gaining traction.

June 17th, 2013 A Jamestown, NY man found guilty of knowingly infecting women with HIV in the 1990's is back in court again for a new trial.

The Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program of Chautauqua County is once again hosting Evening in the Garden Programs the third Wednesday of every month throughout the summer and they would like to invite the public to the Kick-Off Party on Wednesday starting at 6 p.m. in the Demonstration Garden at the Frank Bratt Ag Center.

No one was injured Sunday following a motor vehicle accident that occurred around 1 p.m. in the city of Jamestown.

Crash. Warren based State Police said Racheal L. Anderson, 20, Jamestown, NY, was traveling southbound on SR 1015 on wet roads when the vehcile lost control, spun counterclockwise and traveled off the roadway stricking a telephone pole.

Muriel E. "Paula" Pacitti, 84, formally of Falconer, passed away Thursday in Heritage Village Rehab & Skilled Nursing Center, Gerry.

The Jamestown Gateway Train Station was recognized at the 10th annual Business First Brick By Brick Awards, which honors the best examples of real estate, construction and development through the Buffalo Niagara region.

Jamestown Community College graduates who earned honors citations were recognized recently during a dinner at Sheldon House.

According to a report by the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, there were 69 motorcycle crashes in 2011.

Pierson's photography will be on display through the end of the month at the Daily Grind in downtown Marshall.

That is the question County Executive Greg Edwards is working to answer. Currently, the county is in the process of analyzing the Dunkirk airport as an asset, to determine whether it could potentially be sold to someone else to run.

In 1913, actual work at grade crossing elimination of the Erie Railroad in downtown Jamestown would commence the following Monday morning.

A group of Chautauqua County residents over the age of 15 seized a unique life experience at National Learn to Row Day hosted by the Chautauqua Lake Rowing Association on Saturday, June 1. Kevin Sixbey, a co-founder of CLRA in 2005, welcomed new students to Learn to Row Day with a brief orientation in the boathouse on Jones & Gifford Avenue in ... (more)

Jeffrey T. Chandler Jr., 35, of Cleveland, OH, formerly of Jamestown, died Friday at his residence of natural causes.

The Hometown History column is presented by the Fenton History Center and The Post-Journal.