A former Clymer Central School District teacher has been formally charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a 16 year-old male student from May of last year through early this year.
Sheriff's deputies say they have charged 31 year-old Samantha Dascomb of the Mina-French Creek Road with endangering the welfare of a child.
A complaint was filed this past March in the case, after which she resigned. The 16 year-old boy was not identified. Dascomb was issued an appearance ticket for Clymer Town Court.
A Dunkirk woman was injured when she was hit by a vehicle while walking in the north county TOPs Market late yesterday morning.
Just before 10:15 a.m., Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene on Vineyard Drive for a car-pedestrian accident. Further investigation revealed that 68 year-old Margaret Steffan was crossing the pedestrian crosswalk as she was leaving the store.
At the same time, 84 year-old Corrine Crino was driving a vehicle and struck Steffan. She was taken to Brooks Memorial Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
Crino was charged with failure to yield right of way to pedestrian and will appear in court at a later date and time.
The United States is standing with the people of Hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and is also ready to help those coming to New York's Southern Tier to live -- or stay temporarily.
That from local Congressman Tom Reed, who says he's already working on aid for those communities that are expecting an influx of people fleeing the island.
The Corning Republican says it's been a logistical "nightmare" trying to deal with everything there, but adds that they are ready to help those coming to places like Dunkirk, which has a significant Puerto Rican community.
Jamestown is another community that may see an influx of people from Puerto Rico coming to stay with family or friends until things are back to normal on the island.
Reed also praised the efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He made his comments during his weekly telephone conference call with Southern Tier Media.
A report from New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says that the state received 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016.
DiNapoli says New York receives significantly less per tax dollar than the vast majority of states. The report estimates that New York sent an estimated $40.9-billion dollars more in tax payments to Washington last year than it received back in federal spending.
The report shows most states received more than they paid. The average return for all states was $1.18 per tax dollar sent to Washington.
According to DiNapoli's 2015 analysis, New York generated $19.9 billion more in federal taxes than it received in federal spending in federal fiscal year 2013.
Jamestown police were called to scene of an unsual domestic incident late last night on the city's east side.
Just before 11:30 p.m., officers arrived to a Shaw Avenue residence and heard a female screaming. After making contact, officers determined that 29 year-old Jessica Solinger threw a ceramic goose at the male victim in the back of the head, causing minor injury. She was charged with third-degree assault and transported to city jail pending arraignment.
With what proved to be a ground-breaking event for Jamestown business last year, the 2nd annual Jamestown Business Expo presented by the Lynn Development group, will take place today at the Lynn Building on East 2nd Street.
The expo runs from noon to 6 p.m. and will feature booths with samples and demonstrations from local businesses including service providers, banks, construction, and bakeries.
Director of Marketing at Lynn Development, Heather Lynn, says the first annual expo helped launch a new platform called " Jamestown Business First", which hopes to keep services within the local market for the Jamestown community.
New to the expo this year is a symposium will also take place 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Willow Bay Theater on East 3rd Street on the 4th floor. Lynn says guests speakers are set to take the stage and include Simone Sellstrom talking about social media marketing, Todd Tranum with the Chautauqau County Chamber of Commerce, and the new Executive Director of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, Lisa Hatch.
The sessions are an hour long, but Lynn encourages attendees to sign up for all If they can. To register for the symposium or the expo, go online to JamestownBusinessFirst.com. The event is free to vendors and the public.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state's first-in-the-nation tuition-free college program will pay the bill for about 22,000 students this year.
The governor's office says an additional 23,000 students who applied also qualified to have their tuition covered, but by existing state and federal financial aid.
About 75,000 people applied for the new Excelsior Scholarship, which pays the balance of tuition for New York residents from families earning $100,000 or less who attend a State University of New York or City University of New York school full-time. Cuomo says thanks to the new program 53% of full-time SUNY and CUNY in-state students now go to school tuition-free.
Excelsior Scholarship recipients must live and work in New York for as many years as they receive the benefit.
An outage of unknown origin left nearly 900 National Grid customers in the Lakewood area to lose power yesterday morning.
National Grid Company reports the outage occured about 11:40 a.m. and restoration time was expected to take about two-hours total. More when it becomes available.
