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Modifications to Ag District 10 must be submitted in August

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Per New York State Agriculture and Markets Law Section 303-a(1), the County Legislature is required to review an Agricultural District eight years after its creation and every eight years thereafter. The eight-year review of Chautauqua County Agricultural District 10 will take place in the Towns of Arkwright, Charlotte, Cherry Creek, Ellington, Gerry, and Villenova, Village of Sinclairville encompassing 84,281 acres. Chautauqua County has designated Aug. 1-30 as the 30 day public review period. During this 30 day period, any municipality, landowner, or State Agency whose territory is ...

Area Police

Area police

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - CLYMER - Kody J. Finney, 30, of Corry was charged with failure to keep right, DWI, DWI per se and tampering with physical evidence at 6:07 p.m. July 12 after a motor vehicle accident on Clymer-Sherman Road. Deputies were dispatched to a single motor vehicle accident with no injuries. Upon arrival, Deputies identified the operator as Finney, who was allegedly driving while intoxicated. Finney was charged and taken to the the Sheriff's Office for processing before being released with appearance tickets to be in court later. - ELLINGTON - Joshua M. ...

Community Notebook

Community Notebook

OBSERVER website resubmissions requested The OBSERVER has recently upgraded its website. As part of the transition, submissions made through www.observertoday.com through Monday have been lost. Those who had submitted news releases within the past week through our website are asked to send them again either through clicking "Submit News” at observertoday.com or by sending an email to editorial@observertoday.com. Legislature meeting at Jackson Center The Legislature’s meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Robert H. Jackson Center Theater, located at ...

Two Towns to perform at Music at the Point

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This Wednesday’s live Music at the Point will feature Two Towns from 6 to 8 p.m. at Point Gratiot. The event is sponsored by Southern Tier Environments for Living, Inc. (STEL) and Lawley Insurance. Two Towns (STEL V.I.P. Night) is scheduled this Wednesday with upcoming performances to ...

Exciting ‘tradition’

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The traditional bang from a cannon was replaced by thunder on Tuesday morning, but the result was still the same. The 145th annual Chautauqua County Fair is officially underway. “This is going to be a great fair,” said Linda Lanphere, President of the Chautauqua County Fair Board. ...

City rate for NCWD water sales on hold

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The city of Dunkirk evidently didn’t like what it got out of a formula for its North County Water District water sale rate. Meanwhile, the new rate for 2026, which was supposed to be finalized in February, remains on hold. City Department of Public Works Director Randy Woodbury reported on the situation at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting last week. The city uses a formula put together by SUNY Fredonia professor Peter Reinelt to determine the cost per thousand gallons of water sold to the NCWD. “The formula usually tracks the inflation rate pretty close. We expected ...