After more than a year, the Chautauqua County Department of Motor Vehicles is once again accepting walk-ins. Monday was the first day since the COVID-19 pandemic began that residents didn’t need to make an appointment. “We’re doing both appointments and walk-ins. By ‘walk in’ that ...
A total of 807 Chautauqua County residents have received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from the county Health Department. For now, that number will not be permitted to go up. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. on Tuesday recommended a “pause” in using the single-dose ...
We have all learned to do some things in new ways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these practices have been difficult while others are full of success. Dunkirk’s drive-through rabies clinics is one of these items that has worked very well. Within the last month, the latest clinic handled 148 pets — nearly three times more than a clinic did in the past. Denise Zentz, Dunkirk dog control officer, said having a preregistration one week earlier makes all the difference. “People preregister at one of our time slots and then after that I take them by phone to fill up the rest ...
MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel and the COVID-19 Response Team recently announced the ninth week of COVID-19 Hero nominations for April 5-9. “This week we continue recognizing individuals doing a wide variety of work to make a positive impact on our community,” said County Executive PJ Wendel. “I want to again personally thank our week nine nominees: Cheryl Farr, Lake Shore Family Center, Rebecca Lanphere, Tanya Oltz, Ed Sluga, Steve Schade, Anthony Muscarella, Bryan Berek, Jonathan Bogue, and Andrew Ludwig. These individuals have risen to the challenge of ...
The 2021 Scandanavian Folk Festival has been canceled by organizers. The next festival is scheduled for July 2022. Continued COVID-19 restrictions for large group gatherings and required quarantine for international travelers have prompted the decision. Thirty-two guest performers from ...
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is one of 12 state attorneys general calling on Facebook and Twitter to take stronger measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 vaccine disinformation being spread by anti-vaxxers on their social media platforms. In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, James and the coalition urge both CEOs to immediately and fully enforce company guidelines against vaccine misinformation in an effort to prevent needless infection and death and to hasten America’s road to recovery. “The science is clear — this ...
