This month’s meetings of the Dunkirk Common Council are being moved to ZOOM. After conversations between the Dunkirk fire chief Mike Edwards and Councilman-at-large Paul VanDenVouver, the decision was made that in light of the recent upswing in COVID-19 cases around the area that it would ...

The number of active cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Chautauqua County. The health department on Tuesday announced there were currently 680 active cases in addition to 102 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus. To date, 4,199 people within the county have been confirmed to have the ...

Festivals Fredonia is looking to get “back in action” come next year. “We plan on doing all of them,” said chairman Larry Fiorella. “They don’t start until June so hopefully most things will have changed by then. We’re really hoping that we don’t have to have any restrictions ...

Although COVID-19 forced cancellation this year of most Revitalize Dunkirk general membership and committee meetings, members still completed many projects while working in small groups, wearing masks and socially distancing. Perhaps best known for initiating and funding Dunkirk’s downtown ...

According to New York state, Chautauqua County has surpassed 3,700 positive COVID-19 cases. Through Saturday, New York Forward, the state’s online hub for coronavirus-related data, reported 3,785 total cases, up from 3,681 — the last reported number by the county on Thursday. New York ...

Distribution of millions of doses of vaccine effective against COVID-19 was no Christmas miracle. It happened only because many people at private drug companies worked hard and at top speed — encouraged by the federal government — to develop and test the vaccines. And they were released ...