SILVER CREEK — The old Main Street school building in Silver Creek stood for decades as members of the community waited for it to finally be torn down. Once it finally fell, however, things moved very quickly. The building was demolished in June, with plans to build a senior housing ...
A man city voters put in charge of enormous amounts of Dunkirk’s finances for more than two decades has been charged in the theft of more than $120,000. On Friday afternoon, state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt dropped the bombshell of ...
After the Fredonia Board of Education regretfully accepted the retirement resignation of three teachers, President Steve Johnston said, “There’s no other profession that touches so many lives.” Johnston said the district’s three outgoing teachers — Gregory Haase, Karin Scott Vona, ...
The founder of a foundation that helps the children of opioid abusers says he is desperate for funding, after sources were pulled. “The reason I’m getting desperate is that the funding is no longer geared toward children. It’s geared toward adults,” said Bill Matteson of C.O.P.E. ...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - Trever J. Kneer, 26, of Sherman, was charged Jan. 20 with third-degree criminal mischief. According to officials, at about 2:29 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a past tense altercation at a residence in the Village Of Sherman. Upon further ...
A mobile home park in Ashville is facing another round of steep fines for water violations, as its residents have been told to not drink the water. During the Chautauqua County Board of Health meeting, board members fined the operators of Wellman Mobile Home Park $4,700 for failure to submit ...