Grant to enhance Point Gratiot Trail with 2 play spaces
A new outdoor experience, Discovery Way at the Point, is coming soon to Dunkirk’s Point Gratiot Park. Revitalize Dunkirk, Inc., is excited to announce ...
CHQ Transit Hub receives approval
City Planning Commission members have gotten their first look at the long-discussed CHQ Transit Hub in downtown Jamestown. Presented by Ron ...
Chautauqua Lake walleye are focus of upcoming public meetings
Scholastic trap
Teams reporting yielded no perfect scores in last week’s matches. Mother nature made a return with stout winds and cold temperatures making for ...
UPDATE: Franklin Avenue incident ends with person in custody
Villenova man charged in arson of camper
FORESTVILLE --- A Villenova man is facing arson charges after a fire last week. On Thursday morning, deputies were dispatched to an address in ...
Making progress on Code Blue site
We’ve been critical of the lack of progress on transitional housing programs for the homeless in Chautauqua County in recent weeks. Transitional housing is ...
COUNTY: Waivers no factor in smoking rates
Expensive entities have few options
Athena M. Partyka
Athena M. Partyka, 23, of Dunkirk, NY entered into rest March 18, 2026. She was born March 23, 2002 in St. Petersburg, Florida to her late father and her mother, ...
James R. Totaro
Michael R. Arrigo
Lessons learned on a trip to Ohio
Recently, we took a road trip to Ohio with another couple. It was a good break from the winter doldrums. We stopped to see old friends, renew old memories and ...
Energy mandates hurting upstate
Don’t cancel Dr. Seuss
Author’s work on novel only part of the story
I spent the last two months writing a novel for young adults (and all adults). It was an intense process in which I put in eight hours a day either sitting in front ...



