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City officials debate, defend water rate hike

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Dunkirk’s water rate proposal didn’t make it to a vote at the last Common Council meeting, and “I take full responsibility,” City Comptroller Tracy Smith-Dengler said this week. Speaking at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting, Smith-Dengler said she did not realize she had to get it approved for the agenda of that particular meeting. She promised that it will be on the agenda for consideration at the next council meeting. Smith-Dengler is a relatively new city employee in a brand new position, taking the comptroller job in July. Smith-Dengler went on to call the water ...

Buchanan joins Newburg Spine & Sports

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Christopher Buchanan, DC, has joined Newburg Spine & Sports, bringing his experience and passion for chiropractic care to the local community. Dr. Buchanan earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from SUNY Fredonia before completing his Doctor of Chiropractic degree at ...

Coming up …

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 New York State free fishing day North East PA Wine Fest Downtown area. Sunset Bay annual boat burning Cabana Sam’s, 1028 S. Shore Drive, Irving. Small Town Cruisin’ North East, PA Fredonia Farmers’ Market Church Street, Fredonia, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Features variety of food vendors, crafts, artisans, prepared foods for sale. Market welcomes cash, credit cards, SNAP benefits. Westfield Farmers’, Artisans’ Market Moore Park, corner of Routes 20, 394, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local fruits, vegetables, baked goods, eggs, wine, spirits, honey, locally ...

Clymer, Sherman Panama reach merger petition goal

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CLYMER — The petition period for getting signatures to continue forward with the Clymer, Sherman, Panama merger process continues until October 1, but during Thursday night’s final town hall of that petition period, held in Clymer, it was announced that with a week left to go all three districts have hit the required amount of signatures needed. Clymer’s town hall was held Thursday night at Clymer Central School, and similar to the last two, community members were welcome to come and have their questions addressed. One such question asked where the three districts currently sit ...

Westfield trash collection plans up for discussion

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WESTFIELD — Change is coming to Westfield village trash pickup. Rising costs, expired contracts and safety issues converge, requiring a new Trash Collection Plan for the village. Soon the old way of using special blue bags can go on no longer unless the price increases considerably. The only questions remaining are what a new system will look like, how much will it cost, and how will it be funded? There are two options being considered. One is to keep the trash bags using a new company to collect them. The costs per bag are estimated to rise to approximately $3.50 from the current ...

County sales include Westfield downtown building

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A downtown Westfield building that houses multiple businesses has changed ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 14-20. The county does not provide transaction information, but ...