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Chautauqua County Fair tickets on sale

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Tickets for the 2026 Chautauqua County Fair are now on sale in your community and online. The fair runs July 21 to 26 at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds in Dunkirk. Gates open at 9 a.m., with the rides starting at 1 p.m., weather permitting and subject to state inspection approval. Online ...

Luce named new Gowanda Assistant Principal

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GOWANDA — There is now officially an answer to who will fill some of the biggest shoes left open at the Gowanda Central School District next year. The Gowanda Central School District Board of Education has officially appointed Wendy Luce as the new Assistant Principal for Grades 5–12. ...

Village praises recent work by DPW

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CASSADAGA — The Village Board made resolutions authorizing the purchase of materials to correct an issue on Park Avenue at its latest meeting, as well as a payment for street sweeping services in the village. Trustee Danna DuBois commended Bob Frank Jr. and his father, Bob Frank Sr., who is ...

Family of 13 thankful after fire

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HARTFIELD – It was the best outcome of the worst situation. Saturday evening the Hoitink family – mom Megan, dad Jeremiah, and their 11 children had just finished dinner and were watching television in their home on Route 430 in the town of Chautauqua. One of the children had stepped ...

‘Big’ attraction

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Ripley and Chautauqua County rolled out a huge welcome mat Tuesday to commemorate a “whistle-stop” by the Union Pacific Railroad’s legendary Big Boy 4014 locomotive that chugged its way on the eastern leg of a coast-to-coast tour celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. The half-hour ...

Casella remains part of landfill death lawsuit

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Casella Waste Management will remain party to a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2020 at the Chautauqua County Landfill in Ellery. On Aug. 3, 2020, Scott Deming was standing behind a large pile of garbage and debris he had just dumped at the landfill in Ellery when he ...