etichy@post-journal.com Ross Olszewski of the Jamestown Police Department is pictured Monday morning taking photographs at Dow Park. A copper statue part of the “Underground Railroad Tableau” series was stolen sometime between Thursday and Monday.
Photo by Eric Tichy This statue honors the anonymous fugitives who touched Jamestown in the pursuit of freedom along the underground railroad.
Ross Olszewski of the Jamestown Police Department is pictured Monday morning taking photographs at Dow Park. A copper statue part of the Underground Railroad Tableau series was stolen sometime between Thursday and Monday.
Photo by Eric Tichy
A statue part of a series at Dow Park in Jamestown memorializing the local Underground Railroad movement appears to have been stolen. The piece is one of three at the park created by the late David Poulin titled “Underground Railroad Tableau.”
School speed cameras could be on their way to the city of Jamestown.
Legislation (A.7224) has been introduced in the state Assembly by Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown. Goodell drafted legislation different from the proposed language approved by the City Council last year, though Mayor Eddie Sundquist has been involved in the redrafting of the legislation. It will also request a home rule request before Goodell and state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, introduce the legislation.
Ironically, Goodell led the floor debate on A.6449, the legislation that implemented a school zone speed camera demonstration program in 2019. During that 2019 debate with Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo and now Assembly majority leader, Goodell raised several issues that factored into his suggested changes to the Jamestown legislation.
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From left, Trevor Staples, Skate Park Project manager; Anthony Dolce, Jamestown City Council president; Tory Irgang, Chautauqua Region Community Foundation executive director; Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist; Pete Scheira, Jamestown Skate Products owner; Remy the dog; and John Williams, retired Jamestown parks manager; during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Riverwalk Community Skatepark, which will be located at 117 Fairmount Ave., near McCrea Point Park.
P-J photo by Dennis Phillips
Ceremonial shovels have hit the dirt, which officially starts the construction of the new Riverwalk Community Skatepark.
On Thursday, city officials hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new skatepark that will be located at 117 Fairmount Ave., Jamestown, near McCrea Point Park. Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist thanked all those who have been involved in creating the new skatepark, which includes the Skatepark Project, formally known as the Tony Hawk Foundation; Ralph
City Breaks Ground on New Skatepark
City officials, funders, and community members broke ground on the future
skatepark in Jamestown Thursday. The poured concrete structure will be located between the
Chadakoin River and
Greater Jamestown Riverwalk at 117 Fairmount Avenue. Mayor
Eddie Sundquist said not every community has been able to break ground on a project like this in a middle of a pandemic,
“So the fact that we’re still working on behalf of our kids, our youth, here in the City of Jamestown to make sure we have a space where they can be the best they can be is so incredibly important.”
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The Jamestown City Council discussed executing a $3 million grant for the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities for a $5 million water line replacement project in the city.
The Jamestown City Council will vote later this month to execute a $3 million grant for the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities.
During a council work session meeting Monday, members discussed a resolution to execute the grant agreement with the state Environmental Facilities Corporation for a $5 million water line replacement project in the city. In July 2020, the BPU approved a resolution to authorize the city to accept the $3 million state Clean Water Infrastructure Improvement Act grant and enter into an agreement to borrow $2 million from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.