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Jamestown man facing federal meth charges

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A Jamestown man is facing methamphetamine charges. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Wednesday that Koran Leeper, 54, was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life. According to the complaint, on April 30, Jamestown Police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle Leeper was riding in. During the stop, the officers observed an unusual amount of a crystal-like substance on Leeper’s chest and legs. When questioned about it ...

Crews battle major fire at White Village restaurant

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Numerous departments were at the scene of a major fire in the town of Pomfret on Wednesday afternoon. A call came in around 12:20 p.m. that flames were seen coming through the roof of the White Village restaurant. Route 5 near the location was closed going west. Smoke filled the area and ...

Council approves 6-month BESS moratorium

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The Dunkirk Common Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new Battery Energy Storage System applications in the city Tuesday. The city’s Planning Board requested the moratorium as it grapples with an application for a BESS behind a Brigham Road warehouse. Another BESS, also ...

Borrello praises $8.5M in funding for rural health care in district

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State Sen. George Borrello announced that six health care providers serving the 57th Senate District will receive more than $8.5 million in federal funding for New York’s Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The investment is part of the broader federal Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion, five-year initiative established under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The state is using $76.2 million of its first year of federal funding for the Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The initiative is designed ...

Comments return, but village debates continue

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Despite returning public comments to meetings, the Fredonia Board of Trustees is still grappling with behavior of the local citizenry. Trustees tabled a resolution Monday seeking to ban letters by anonymous sources. The resolution was evidently spurred by a tense letter read out at the last board meeting, whose writer requested anonymity. The letter engaged in name-calling of Mayor Michael Ferguson and bashed his behavior as mayor. Trustee Paul Wandel sponsored the resolution to remove the reading of letters with no names attached. He said it would be in keeping with the practice at ...