The Jamestown Juneteenth celebration will take place from Friday, June 16 through Sunday, June 16. We learn more from organizer and City Council member Regina Brackman. … [Read more...]
Jamestown’s Juneteenth Celebration Is Three Days of Music, Community & Worship
Jamestown Juneteenth's Festival will be a three day celebration of live music, community, and worship. Juneteenth recognizes when enslaved people living in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation approximately 2.5 years after the Civil War … [Read more...]
BBQ To Benefit Juneteenth Scholarship Fund Set For April 27
A barbecue and basket raffle fundraiser to benefit the Jamestown Juneteenth Scholarship Fund will be held April 27. The event will take place 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Morton Club on Pratt Avenue in Jamestown. It will feature live … [Read more...]
New Jamestown City Council Members Sworn Into Office
Two new Jamestown City Council members have been sworn into office. Ward Four Republican Council member Joe Paterniti as well as Council member at large Republican Russ Bonfiglio joined the legislative body on Monday. Paterniti replaces Democrat … [Read more...]
Kim Ecklund Defeats Eddie Sundquist To Become Mayor of Jamestown
Jamestown will have a new mayor in 2024 as Republican Kim Ecklund has defeated Democratic incumbent Mayor Eddie Sundquist in a vote of 2,413 to 2,204. Ecklund said it has been a long nine months of campaigning, "You come into it with a lot of … [Read more...]
Candidates for Mayor, City Council Face Off In Today’s General Election
Today is Election Day. In the City of Jamestown, incumbent Democratic Mayor Eddie Sundquist is facing Republican challenger Kim Ecklund. Sundquist is aiming at winning a second term. Ecklund has served as a City Council At Large member for … [Read more...]
Meet The Candidates Forum Airs Live On WRFA Tonight
A Meet the Candidates Forum will be held tonight on WRFA. The event will present the candidates who are participating in contested races for the 2023 Jamestown City Council elections. Candidates who are able to participate in tonight's event … [Read more...]
City Council Approves Nearly $1 Million in Non-Profit Grant Funds, Votes Down Funding for NCC, St. Luke’s
Jamestown City Council on Monday night voted down funding the National Comedy Center and St. Luke's Episcopal Church with Non-Profit Assistance Grant funds Council was presented with resolutions totaling $1.3 million for seven organizations … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown Juneteenth – June 15, 2023
Jamestown Juneteenth organizer Regina Brackman shares details about the three-day festival celebrating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. … [Read more...]
Jamestown Juneteenth Festival to Feature Three Days of Music and Activities
This weekend's Jamestown Juneteenth Festival is three days of music and activities in celebration of the day enslaved African Americans were emancipated in the United States. Juneteenth organizer and City Councilmember Regina Brackman said the … [Read more...]
