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Business

SEFPRO To Eliminate Line, 79 Jobs

A new business plan at Saint-Gobain, corporate owner of the SEFPRO facility in Falconer, is leading to the loss of 79 jobs at the local plant. Saint-Gobain officials are ending production of its Alumina-Zirconia-Silica line at the Falconer facility, which was formerly known as Monofrax. The ...

Council approves comptroller post

The Dunkirk Common Council unanimously approved adding a comptroller position to City Hall. Councilors said they amended the law enacting the position after hearing concerns from city residents. Councilman Frank Torain said prior to voting that the final law eliminates redundancies and ...

South Dayton highlights crafts, events

SOUTH DAYTON — With spring comes a new adventure for the village. Three of the Downtown Girls have opened a craft boutique on Oak Street named The Backstreet Girls. Their mission is joining together to provide an opportunity for local craftspeople to display and sell their handcrafted items ...

Fairmount Avenue Rite Aid sold to O’Reilly Auto

ELLICOTT - A closed Rite-Aid building in the south county has been sold and may be turned into an auto parts store. According to documents at the Chautauqua County Clerk’s Office, in March 9275 Group, LLC of Buffalo sold 963 Fairmount Ave., Ellicott to O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC of ...

Electrovaya eyes move into energy storage

Everyone knew Electrovaya made lithium ion batteries when the company’s expansion into the Jamestown area was announced back a little more than two years ago. Now, with the first phase of Electrovaya’s Gigafactory in Ellicott open and construction on the rest of the facility underway, ...

US stocks rally after pressure eases from the bond market and oil prices fall

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market bounced back Wednesday after pressure eased on Wall Street from the bond market and oil prices gave back some of their big gains. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1% for its first rise in four days and pulled closer to its all-time high set last week. The Dow ...