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Volunteers gather in a parking lot along Forest Avenue to participate in a community clean up last fall.
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A collaborative effort to clean up areas of the city of Jamestown has set its first event of 2021.
Gina Paradis, Chautauqua County Land Bank Corp., told The Post-Journal the first event of the Hands On Jamestown Neighborhoods will be held in April, with a focus on the west side of North Main Street between Fifth and 11th streets. She said this is the first of seven neighborhood cleanup events that will be held this year. She added the second cleanup event will be held and May, with a focus on the downtown business area. The specific dates of the two cleanup events will be announced at a future date.
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The Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency has agreed to continue a contract for demolition services with the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corp.
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The Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency (JURA) will continue demolition services for the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corp.
On Thursday, JURA held its first meeting of the year and approved continuing a contract with the land bank for demolition services for $850,000. Crystal Surdyk, city development director, said the continuation of the contract dates back to an agreement made in 2018.
“We are most of the way through the contract,” she said. “We will wrap up any properties left for demolition. (The contract) is in its last year. We just need to approve a continuation.”
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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.