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The after photo of 122 Park St. after renovations were completed with funding assistance from the city of Jamestown that city officials received from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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The city of Jamestown is continuing to help property owners with housing repairs even during the pandemic.
Crystal Surdyk, city development director, gave a report this week to the Jamestown City Council during its work session meeting about work being done by city officials to improve housing. Surdyk said two Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) projects are about to be completed. She said one project is at 117 Wescott St. that the city funded more than $35,000 toward improving. She added that work was done to replace 19 windows, replace new trim, doors and vinyl siding, roof replacement, improvements to deck and railing, vent fan in the bathroom, new electrical outlets in the kitchen and replace smoke and CO2 detectors.
Dems sought for Brocton, Portland posts
The Brocton-Portland Democratic Committee is looking for anyone interested to run for the follow positions in the November election: Chautauqua County legislator District 7, Portland town supervisor, town clerk, town council, highway superintendent, tax collector and a Brocton village trustee position.
Anyone interested or in need of additional information, contact Dan Schrantz. New members and anyone interested in helping in the November town and village election are always welcome. You can contact Schrantz at 792-4661 for more information.
COVID-19 cancels exercise classes
The Grape Belt Senior exercise class is being paused due to the rise in local COVID-19 cases. The organization said it will reevaluate the situation in several weeks.
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Two were arrested in a drive-by shooting in November. OBSERVER File Photo
The former Hideaway Bay restaurant lies in ruins after it was destroyed by fire.
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Two were arrested in a drive-by shooting in November.
Editor’s Note: The OBSERVER has spent the past week looking back at the some of our most-read stories and how those stories may impact the coming year. Today’s final installment focuses on breaking news stories that most attracted readers’ interest over the past year.
The past year has been a busy one for breaking news, though resolutions to some of those incidents will have to wait until early in 2021.
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The Jamestown Planning Commission is discussing mitigation proposals for a possible housing project in the city, again.
On Tuesday, the commission discussed the mitigation proposal submitted by Home Leasing, a family-owned, for-profit redevelopment company based in Rochester, for the possible renovation of the historic Arcade Building in downtown Jamestown.
In October, Bret Garwood, Home Leasing CEO, and Adam Driscoll, Home Leasing development manager, discussed the potential project to renovate the Arcade Building, located at 26-32 N. Main St., Jamestown, into an apartment complex with 36 units.
Garwood said they discovered the Arcade Building while working on the redevelopment project at the site where a building was destroyed by fire in 2017 along Main Street in Falconer.