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Malfunction of battery pack blamed in Silver Creek fire

SILVER CREEK --- An accidental structure fire in the village was extinguished early Tuesday. Just before 5 a.m., Tuesday, firefighters from the Bay-Creek Fire District responded to a house fire at 330 Central Ave. in the village. According to a report from the Sunset Bay Fire Company, a ...

Gies seeks additional Congressional debates

Aaron Gies, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, is challenging incumbent Congressman Nicholas Langworthy to participate in additional live, in-person debates with voters across the district. Gies made the challenge directly to Langworthy in a public encounter Sunday. A video of the encounter, recorded and posted by the Gies campaign, is gaining attention online as voters across the district respond to the exchange. Gies is now calling on Langworthy to make a public commitment to a series of debates held in different parts of NY-23, a ...

Survey seeks public input on cormorants

New York Sea Grant, a collaborative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, is inviting the public to document the presence, activities, and impacts of double-crested cormorants. Double-crested cormorants are a native, fish-eating, federally protected migratory bird ...

Krystofiak earns tenure as Silver Creek Principal

SILVER CREEK — Over her tenure at Silver Creek Schools, from her time as Elementary Principal to her role now as High School Principal, Heather Krystofiak has always found a way to be exactly who Silver Creek needed. It isn’t hard to see why the district rewarded her with tenure at its ...

Area Police Reports

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Joseph R. Piazza, 42, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree criminal tampering. Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, officers of the first platoon responded to an east side residence for a reported disorderly person complaint. Through investigation it was determined that Piazza tampered with the property of an elderly victim. Piazza was located a short distance away from the scene and taken into custody without incident. He was being held pending arraignment. - Michael Hallowell, 39, was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment. At approximately ...