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New Point Park playground nears completion

Installation of the new playground at Point Park is nearing completion, with construction now about 95% finished. Warren City Department of Public Works Superintendent Joe Reinke provided an update to the Parks, Recreation and Landscape Commission this week, saying crews are working to ...

Electrovaya CEO: Amazon deal is ‘validation’

Electrovaya’s business relationship with Amazon has been a fruitful one for Electrovaya’s bottom line. The July announcement that Amazon and Electrovaya are entering into a new commercial agreement with an associated warrant transaction that deepens that relationship is good news for ...

Roadblock in marketplace talks led to RDA stance

In its Aug. 23 letter to the Warren Redevelopment Authority, the Warren Heritage Community Alliance said it remained "ready and willing" to accept ownership of the property and proceed with redevelopment, but could not accept the counteroffer in its current form. The alliance specifically ...

Poll shows Shapiro leads Garrity by 16 points

Mirroring a trend of other recent polls, Gov. Josh Shapiro holds a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, as a majority of voters approve of the governor’s job performance. According to a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll conducted among 760 voters in ...

After deportation, man hopes for U.S. return

One of the hundreds who were homeless in the summer of 2024 in Jamestown that led to a state of emergency being issued by city Mayor Kim Ecklund was starting to find a better life for himself. Carlos Contreras, who resides in Colombia, looks back fondly on that period of time. After arriving in the United States of America for a fifth time, he met a woman and married. It was a short-lived relationship that ended with divorce. It ultimately led to a period on the downtown streets near the Chadakoin River that he recalled The Post-Journal covering during his time there. Contreras ...