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Family of 13 thankful after fire

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HARTFIELD – It was the best outcome of the worst situation. Saturday evening the Hoitink family – mom Megan, dad Jeremiah, and their 11 children had just finished dinner and were watching television in their home on Route 430 in the town of Chautauqua. One of the children had stepped ...

‘Big’ attraction

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Ripley and Chautauqua County rolled out a huge welcome mat Tuesday to commemorate a “whistle-stop” by the Union Pacific Railroad’s legendary Big Boy 4014 locomotive that chugged its way on the eastern leg of a coast-to-coast tour celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. The half-hour ...

Casella remains part of landfill death lawsuit

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Casella Waste Management will remain party to a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2020 at the Chautauqua County Landfill in Ellery. On Aug. 3, 2020, Scott Deming was standing behind a large pile of garbage and debris he had just dumped at the landfill in Ellery when he ...

Cassadaga water project ready for next steps

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CASSADAGA — Now that things have settled in the village of Cassadaga, the village’s capital improvement waterline replacement project is ready to move forward again. Matt Zarbo of Square Engineering visited the latest Village Board meeting to provide an update on the project and discuss ...

Area police

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Donald W. Dean Jr., 27, of Jamestown, was charged May 17 with making a false punishable statement while Jodi L. Monroe, 47, of Jamestown, was charged May 17 with resisting arrest. According to police, at about 11:15 a.m., officers responded to a report of a ...

Deputies say driver who hit bicyclist was drunk

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A Dunkirk man who allegedly hit a bicyclist while intoxicated over the weekend was arrested. On Saturday around 9:45 p.m. Deputies of the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to a personal injury accident on Route 60 in the town of Dunkirk where a subject was struck on a bicycle. ...