Area state leaders are responding to the recent cancellation of contracts by Refresco with Lake Erie Grape Growers. In a statement issued Friday, both Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor issued the following statement regarding Refresco’s decision to cancel contracts with ...
A Dunkirk man has pleaded guilty to the theft of COVID funds. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Friday that Lamont Brown, 37, made the plea to U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr., which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, who is handling the case, stated during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown recruited others to apply for unemployment assistance compensation through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program for which they were not entitled. Brown and his recruits obtained personally identifiable ...
A 45-year-old city man is facing charges after an investigation into narcotics activity Wednesday. A search warrant was executed by Dunkirk Police Department as well as investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and the Jamestown Police Department at 209 Lincoln Ave., lower ...
Grape growers across the Lake Erie region are being left in a bind as Refresco, a major processor for many farmers, announced through letters this week that they are cancelling all of their contracts with grape growers. Refresco is one of the processors for many in the local Lake Erie ...
The State University of New York at Fredonia has appointed Julie Gorlewski, Ph.D., as its next Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. announced. Gorlewski currently serves as the Klara and Larry Silverstein Dean of the School of Education at Hunter ...
A Westfield man is being held on $1 million bail after allegedly trying to murder a woman earlier this month in the village. District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that an eight-count indictment issued by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury was unsealed Tuesday charging Jahmaul W. Johnson ...
