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Heritage CEO: Closure helps save other buildings

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Following the announcement earlier this week that Heritage Ministries’ Gerry facility, Heritage Village, will be closing, CEO Lisa Haglund, said no other local facilities are expected to close in the near future, and that closing this specific facility is part of ensuring that. Both Heritage ...

Three years on, Dunkirk DRI limps ahead

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Three years after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Dunkirk to announce a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award, there is little physical evidence of it in the city. A mixed-use development in a former bank is complete, and a project to build apartments is approaching ...

Officials continue push for city Control Board

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Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor sent a letter Friday to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to include enabling legislation establishing a state financial control board for the City of Dunkirk in her forthcoming 30-day budget amendments. The lawmakers said the recent ...

Jamestown man sentenced on drug, weapons charges

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A Jamestown man has been sentenced on various drug and weapons charges. According to District Attorney Jason Schmidt, 24-year-old Nylix Thomas, age 24 was sentenced Thursday before Judge David W. Foley. Thomas pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2025 to two counts of third-degree criminal ...

14-year-old charged in burglary of Dunkirk business

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A young teenager was arrested by Dunkirk police following a burglary in the city. On Thursday around 12:40 a.m.officers responded to a local business for the report of a burglary in progress. They arrived on scene and observed the glass to the front door had been smashed along with foot ...

Student with handgun found in school

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JAMESTOWN — After an incident Friday involving a gun at Jamestown High School, Jamestown Public Schools District officials will implement the use of a weapons detection system at JHS. On Jan. 30 at approximately 11 a.m., the Jamestown High School Resource Officer, along with a Jamestown ...