April is Family Strength and Support month, and Child Abuse Prevention Month, a statewide campaign highlighting the importance of protecting children and supporting families. Throughout April, communities across Chautauqua County will unite to raise awareness, promote prevention strategies, ...
RIPLEY — At their meeting in March, board members completed the first reading of two policies. Policy 5850: Data Networks and Security Access deals with the protection of private individuals. The policy involves the planning, implementation and monitoring of information technology systems and procedures in order to prevent disclosure, modification or denial of sensitive information. Policy 5413: Procurement: Uniform Grant Guidance for Federal Awards deals with guidelines for whenever the district obtains goods or services using federal grant funds. The board will vote on these ...
An audit released Wednesday by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli of the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. found poor oversight of operations by the board of directors, cost overruns and significant estimation errors. The audit found the agency’s failure to take action to address the declining handle, the total amount wagered on horse races and other gaming activities, adjust to changes in the gambling industry, and control costs limited the amount of revenues provided to participating municipalities. DiNapoli offered 16 recommendations to help the organization improve its ...
State Sen. George Borrello announced Wednesday that Tina Abrams, a member of the Seneca Nation Council and longtime community leader, has been selected as the 57th District’s honoree for the New York State Senate’s Women of Distinction award, recognizing her decades of leadership, ...
The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation is accepting applications for the Service Learning Grants Program for the 2026-27 academic year. Service Learning is a teaching and learning method that connects classroom lessons to real-world, meaningful community service. Grants are available to support classrooms from fourth to 12th grade in northern Chautauqua County. Since its inception, the Service Learning Grants Program has provided over $68,000 in funding for projects in seven area school districts. Local fourth to 12th grade teachers are encouraged to apply for funding for ...
A dozen parcels in the city of Jamestown that are currently owned by Chautauqua County are being transferred to the city so they can be cleaned up and remove homeless people staying there. The parcels were owned by Kristie White but were foreclosed on by the county after the taxes were not paid on them. The addresses of the parcels are as follows: 60 W. 14th St.; 32 W. 17th St.; two additional parcels on West 17th St.; two parcels on West 15th St.; one parcel on Isabella Ave.; two parcels on Monroe St.; and three parcels on Clinton St. The county legislature approved the ...
