State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor continue to pressure the city of Dunkirk on its troubled Fiscal Recovery Act. Borrello and Molitor released a joint statement Monday “regarding the failure of the city of Dunkirk Common Council and Mayor Kate Wdowiasz to act on the ...
Don’t bother going to Fredonia Village Hall for a Board of Trustees meeting today. It’s now happening tomorrow. The OBSERVER got noontime word from Village Clerk Makayla Yacklon that the meeting originally scheduled for 6 p.m. today is now set for at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. In addition, in ...
One of the northern Chautauqua County's "brilliant" business and community leaders has passed. Stanley Albert Star, who co-founded Cliffstar Corp. and, through extraordinary determination and leadership, built it into the largest and most respected private label beverage company in the United ...
A video showing a brutal attack on a counselor and a corrections officer at the Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional that led to assault charges against an inmate has been released by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. In a news release issued Friday morning, ...
Chautauqua County is one of 15 counties being included in a disaster declaration due to an April frost. On Friday, state Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that New York state has requested a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretarial Disaster Designation for counties in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, Central New York, Southern Tier and the Western New York regions. Following an early bloom due to warmer than normal temperatures, frost conditions in April significantly impacted many fruit operations, including apple, stone fruit, grape and strawberry growers. To date, ...
The Dunkirk City School District has determined there’s no credible threat behind a social media post Thursday night that suggested harm to school safety. District Superintendent Brian Swatland posted about the incident this morning on DCSD’s social media page. He posted a letter addressed to intermediate school families. Swatland said the district investigated the post in coordination with its School Resource Officer, and sought assistance from the Dunkirk Police Department. The district “communicated with families and students to gather information.” Through that process, ...
