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Chamber celebrates 25th year at annual meeting

The overriding theme of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce was community building. Chamber President and CEO Dan Heitzenrater opened the meeting by noting “We’re not your grandfather’s Chamber of Commerce. We are connectors, resource providers, and ...

Giving winner reveals hospital connections

WESTFIELD — One of the lucky prize winners in the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation’s “10 Days of Giving for WMH” Raffle, is Julie Landholt of Westfield. Landholt was ecstatic to learn she won a Weber Spirit II Grill during the Foundation’s annual fundraising raffle, held Nov. 17 ...

Brush fire in town

A small brush fire close to a house at 4572 Webster Road in Pomfret created a bit of worry over the weekend. Mutual aid was called to Dunkirk, but was not needed as the blaze was contained and extinguished.

Coming up …

MONDAY, DEC. 15 Al & Marge Brown WWII lecture: A German Jew’s Triumph with Cindy and Harry Handler Robert H. Jackson Center presents a virtual event about the life of Fritz Oppenheimer, 6 p.m. For registration information, see the website roberthjackson.org or call 716 ...

Business banned from selling tobacco

A Lakewood business has had its tobacco license permanently revoked. During the recent Chautauqua County Board of Health meeting, Jessica Wurstle, Director of Environmental Health Services, said Clouds Smokes and Vapors, located at 361 E. Fairmount Ave., previously had its tobacco license ...

PVCS teacher, coach charged in sex abuse with youth

SOUTH DAYTON -- A Pine Valley Central School teacher has been charged with allegedly engaging in sexual contact with a juvenile. On Dec. 3, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from the Pine Valley School District regarding a teacher employed at their school. The ...