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Hiring ramps up at Electrovaya

Hiring continues at Electrovaya’s plant in Ellicott as the company continues buildout of the plant as the company spends down a $50.8 Export-Import Bank loan for the facility. Initial projections were for Electrovaya to bring about 250 jobs to the former Acu-Rite plant at 1 Precision Way, ...

Ripley capital project tops $10.1 million

Ripley Central School Board of Education members approved motions at their meeting last month, preparing for a public vote to be on March 11 regarding the proposed Capital Improvement Project. The project is estimated to have a maximum cost of $10,196,736. The work will include renovation of ...

Charges pending after check finds cocaine, methamphetamine

Charges are pending after a probation check last week led to the discovery of cocaine and methamphetamine in a Dunkirk residence. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department reported on Monday that a federal probation check was conducted at 128 S. Jerboa St., the residence of Christopher ...

Coming up …

SATURDAY, FEB. 14 Mayville winter festival Lakeside Park, 50 W. Lake Road, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Weekend features music with DJ Mike, food trucks, horse-drawn wagon rides, snowmobile rides, sports, bonfire, kids’ zone, flare parade, Porcelain Bus Drivers 5 to 9 p.m., demos, fireworks, ...

Gillibrand, colleagues seek more transparency in D.C.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Financial Disclosure Modernization Act to increase transparency around government officials’ financial disclosures on Thursday. This legislation would update and expand the monetary values that elected and senior government officials are ...

Sen. Borrello’s Medicaid audit proposal defeated

Legislation that has been introduced for the past seven years has been approved by the state Senate - but not before Democrats defeated an amendment introduced by Sen. George Borrello. The state Senate approved S.353, sponsored by Sen. Gustavo Rivera, D-Bronx, by a unanimous 62-0 vote. The ...