While the majority of area schools have been forced to make significant adjustments to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending Career P-TECH Academy through BOCES have had to absorb fewer changes. P-TECH, which boasts a student body of 100 drawn from 17 area school ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of events and traditions to be put on hold in the last 10 month. One of the events joining that lengthy list is Dunkirk Dave’s yearly seasonal prediction. Dunkirk Dave is the second longest predicting groundhog in the world, and an iteration of ...
Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas has recently been in contact with county and state health officials in hopes of bringing a COVID-19 vaccination clinic to the city. “The city has been working with the Chautauqua County Health Department as well as the New York State Health Department to bring vaccination sessions for COVID-19 here to the city of Dunkirk,” Rosas told members of the Dunkirk Common Council. “Hopefully this will be happening relatively soon. This would be for those people who are eligible under phase 1a and 1b. Further information is going to come out through the county ...
Another COVID-related death was reported Thursday by the Chautauqua County Department of Health. The death, which appears to be a person over the age of 90, marks five in the last week, 20 since the beginning of January and 52 to date. Of the deaths noted thus far during the pandemic, four have included people between the ages of 40 and 49; three between 50 and 59; five between 60 and 69; 14 between 70 and 79; 21 between 80 and 89; and five over the age of 90. Many of the most recent virus-related deaths in the county have been tied to local nursing homes. According to state Health ...
Additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified among staff and residents at Heritage Green, though most are not showing symptoms of the virus. As of Wednesday, 27 staff and 47 residents at Heritage Green in Greenhurst have recently tested positive. At Heritage Village in Gerry, seven ...
Eighty-four new cases and another COVID-related death were reported Wednesday by the Chautauqua County Department of Health. To date, 51 people have died due to complications associated with the virus. The newest death appears to be a person between the ages of 70 and 79, according to the health department. Of the 84 new cases for data collected Tuesday, 18 involve people living in the Dunkirk zip code, 10 in Fredonia, 17 in Jamestown, 11 in Bemus Point and six in Westfield. Several municipalities also are reported a handful of new COVID cases. In Cattaraugus County, 28 new COVID ...
