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Chamber Annual Meeting Highlights Collaboration

By Daniel J. Heitzenrater, President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce Working together was a running theme through the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on Friday. From the presentation of the Pam Lydic Coalition Builder Award presentation to the keynote address by two college presidents, the event demonstrated how the entire county benefits from individuals and organizations collaborating. Dr. Daniel DeMarte, president of Jamestown Community College and Dr. Stephen Kolison, president of the State University of New York at Fredonia shared the ...

Business/WeatherThe Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District awarded $1 million

The district will receive $503,430 to work with one farm in the Chautauqua Lake Watershed. The project will address agricultural nutrient runoff by providing manure storage and improved nutrient management and restore a riparian forest buffer to act as a filter for overland flow and enhance existing tree plantings. Another $561,457 was awarded to work with one farm in the Allegany River/Findley Lake Watershed to reduce nutrient runoff from the farmstead and improve manure management and storage on the farm and address meeting goals in the Findley Lake TMDL. A third $24,385 was ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension will host “Farm Financial Records for Decision Making and Tax Management” online

The workshop for beginning farmers, or for those established farmers who would like a tune up, will be held on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/ccetaxschool. Topics covered include recording income and annual expenses, capital expenditures and depreciation with additional information covering loans and credit card or revolving loan payments, sales of business assets, and deducting losses. The course is $10 per farm with scholarships available for those experiencing financial hardship. The courses will be offered virtually via live and ...

New business celebrated

Mayor Wilfred Rosas, the Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce and the city of Dunkirk’s new Director of Planning and Development, Vince DeJoy, are proud to announce and congratulate Rodolfo Lara, owner of Testimony Ink Tattoos & Body Piercing, on the opening of his new business located on 147 Lake ...

Problem Solvers

By JOSH COTTON jcotton@timesobserver.com An innovative solution to a unique problem has landed Superior Tire & Rubber Corp. a R&D 100 Award alongside world-famous entities like DuPont and MIT. The award is for the company’s AgriTraxx AirCore - a high-performance gauge wheel tire ...

DUNKIRK — As part of its Entrepreneurial Education Program, the Fredonia Technology Incubator will be hosting “Legal Advice for Startups” presented by F. Kenneth Graham, partner at Phillips Lytle LLP. Graham’s presentation will focus on understanding corporate and intellectual ...