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Chautauqua County still facing financial challenges

Even though it appears Chautauqua County has finished up 2020 in the black, there are still plenty of financial challenges in this upcoming year. During Wednesday’s legislature meeting, County Executive PJ Wendel shared that preliminary reports show the county finished 2020 with $4.5 ...

SUNY streamlines process to waive application fees

ALBANY — State University of New York applicants from low-income backgrounds can automatically have their college application fees waived, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced Monday. Beginning March 1, students who financially qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whose ...

SUNY Fredonia eyeing $1.9M in losses for year

The State University of New York at Fredonia is anticipating roughly a $1.9 million loss in the 2020-21 fiscal year, mostly due to additional costs of COVID-19. Costs of the virus between testing, cleaning and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is estimated to be about $1.3 million. ...

Former city resident takes Youth Town helm

Dr. Joe Fote a former resident of Dunkirk, has joined Youth Town of Tennessee as their new chief executive officer. Fote brings more than 25 years of executive healthcare leadership experience in operations, and process improvement. Prior to joining Youth Town, he was CEO of JVF Consulting, ...

County appoints three members to Community Services Board

MAYVILLE — The Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene recently announced new leadership and membership to the Chautauqua County Community Services Board. Under the Article 41 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law, each county is required to maintain a local governmental unit to ...

Build your business with an investment in the Chamber

By TODD J. TRANUM President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce & Executive Director of the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier Throughout its two decades, the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce has based its membership on the employee count for each ...