JMI building in Falconer heavily-damaged by afternoon fire...
Flames have heavily-damaged a concrete block building in Falconer used by Jamestown MacAdam to produce concrete materials. Falconer firefighters were initially called to the JMI site on New York Avenue... in the industrial corridor... about 1:30 p.m. Friday. First Assistant Falconer Fire Chief Avery Faulkner says crews found the structure fully-ablaze when they arrived... and, mutual aid companies were called in. Faulkner says they first made sure everyone was out of the building. He says workers were inside the building when the flames broke out... but, everyone was able to get out safely. Crews were still using an aerial hose to pour water on hot spots at 4 p.m. Faulkner says the Board of Public Utilities responded quickly to turn off electric power to the building, and help with providing the water they needed. The cause is under investigation. Mutual aid was called in from Kennedy... Kiantone... Celoron... Frewsburg... and, Gerry. Faulkner says county EMS was also called in... along with the county's HazMat Team.
Dunkirk "9/11" rememberance ceremony kick's off 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks...
Remembrance ceremonies have been taking place nationwide on the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001... including the Dunkirk Fire Department's headquarters on Eagle Street. Professional Firefighters Local 616 President, Patrick Ossman, said the effects of the attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanskville, Pennsylvania are still felt today. That includes the responders who have died or are sick from illnesses related to that day... such as firefighters, police, rescue crews, sanitation workers and others "who worked tirelessly in the aftermath." City Fire Chief Nick Barter expressed the importance of continuing to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost on the day of the attacks. The ceremony also included firefighter Eric Loman ringing a bell in memory of the 343 FDNY firefighters who died on 9/11.
Son of former WJTN employees, Phil Nalbone, described that day -- "9/11" -- to us...
On that day 25 years ago... Jamestown native Phil Nalbone was a mile north of Ground Zero. Phil told our Terry Frank on the phone that day that he heard the first plane strike the World Trade Center, and saw the second from a conference room window at his office in the financial district. A few minutes later, he got a cellphone call through to his mom, Kathy Roselle, who worked at WJTN at that time... and, he also spoke with Terry about the chaos and confusion that followed that. It was right at the time one of the towers collapsed. Five years ago... just prior to the 20th anniversary... Phil sat down with our Dennis Webster to talk about how being that close to the 9/11 catastrophe affected him -- to this day -- mainly about the "countless" number of people who jumped from the upper floors of the towers to escape the inferno below them. Though he had to walk a couple of hours to a point of refuge on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Nalbone was physically unhurt. However... psychologically, he says it was a couple of years before he was 'fully functional' after what he experienced on the morning of 9/11.
Sister of Amy King spoke on 20th Anniversary about her loss, but, also what the nation went through...
Chautauqua County has another close connection to that day. Celoron's Amy King was a flight attendent on board United Flight 175... which was flown by hijackers into the second trade center tower. After the county's 20th anniversary ceremony in Mayville... Amy's sister, Kelly, told me she's more focused on what we went through as a nation on September 11, 2001. Following the program in Mayville... Kelly spoke about her sister, and why it's important to "Never Forget." Once she got through her grief a little more, she appreciated more what everyone went through on that day. Kelly King admitted there were times it seems like "just yesterday." She stressed the need to "Never Forget" and, that's why she brought her 15 year-old step-son to the 20th anniversary program.
Ribbon cut on new, New York Medical Center at former Lake Shore Hospital...
Behavioral health and addiction treatment services are returning to northern Chautauqua County, more than five years after the closing of Lake Shore Hospital. Officials from New York Medical Center, along with several local officials, were on hand to cut the ribbon Thursday afternoon on the organization's new facility at the former hospital in Irving. NYMC Chief Executive Officer Ray Manning it's a key step to providing services in the area to those who need it... with the first 25 beds opening in the community. The availability of 25 beds is just the first phase of NYMC's operations. Principal Manager Nick DiTommaso spoke about the organization's vision to create a "new place" for behavioral care since buying the facility in April 2025. State Senator George Borrello acknowledged the work that was put in to market the facility after Lake Shore Hospital's closure in early 2020. NYMC will begin accepting patients at the new facility on Monday.
