MAYVILLE – A combination of using a large portion of its reserves and the high value of homes in Chautauqua County has allowed County Executive PJ Wendel to propose a budget which has the lowest property tax rate in 50 years, while also keeping the levy, the among raised by taxes, flat. ...
The city of Dunkirk’s government was designated as facing the highest category of financial stress in a regular report released today by the Office of the State Comptroller. The office reports twice a year on financial stress faced by municipalities across the state, excluding New York ...
SILVER CREEK — Silver Creek Central School is mourning the death of a student. Keira (Koda) Beckstrom died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a train. Just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office responded to an incident on the CSX railroad tracks in the ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $821,221 grant for reconstruction of the Barker Street Playground in Fredonia, as part of $67.5 million awarded to 89 playground projects statewide. Pomfret Town Supervisor Dan Pacos said the grant award came from a resubmission after an application for the ...
Fredonia is looking to discipline, and possibly suspend, a Fredonia Police Department employee over “certain allegations.” Police Chief Gregory Myers “intends to (pursue) disciplinary charges against an employee of the village police department,” according to resolutions on the agenda of the village Board of Trustees’ Sept. 28 meeting. The employee is not named in the resolutions. The resolutions were on the agenda of trustees’ workshop on Monday, but there was no discussion of them. One of the resolutions authorizes the appointment of Brian Doyle as a hearing officer. ...
FORESTVILLE — When something works, why change it? That is the thought process behind the Forestville Fall Festival this year, as the annual tradition will return to the hamlet of Forestville on the first weekend of October, just as it did a year ago. Forestville Middle/High School will ...
