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City proposes delay in firefighter lawsuit arguments

Jamestown officials are asking state Supreme Court Justice Stephen Cass to delay the first oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by the union representing city firefighters. The union is opposing the city’s request. Firefighters and members of the Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association Local 137 are suing the city of Jamestown over consistently leaving management positions such as battalion chief, captain, and lieutenant unfilled with permanent appointments, and instead filling them with temporary ones, even while there is not an emergency situation. Arguments in the ...

Grange history focus of Thursday program in Westfield

WESTFIELD — The history of the National Grange, with a focus on the organization’s first working grange in Fredonia, will be outlined during the Fireside Lecture Series on Thursday at Patterson Library, 40 Portage St. The program, presented by Pamela Brown, begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The Fireside Lecture Series, a collaboration between the Chautauqua County Historical Society and the Patterson Library, provides programs on local and general history. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, founded in 1867 after the American Civil War, ...

County, nation holds No Kings rallies

Across Chautauqua County, hundreds took part in “No Kings” rallies. Events were held in Westfield, Jamestown, Chautauqua Institution and Barker Common in Fredonia throughout Saturday. Across the nation, large crowds protested against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump's actions ...

10th boil water order for Fredonia in last 37 months issued

Fredonia echoes with disgust this morning after yet another boil water order was issued. The terrible shape of the village’s water infrastructure has caught up with it again. A little after 9 a.m., the Village of Fredonia Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the Village Water Treatment Plant and the County Department of Health, issued the boil order for Fredonia water customers. “High turbidity levels leaving the water treatment plant” was the stated reason for the latest boil order. It’s the 10th boil order in Fredonia in the past 37 months. The last one ...

Dewittville development neighbors argue for court-ordered delay

Neighbors of a proposed $70 million development of the former Point Chautauqua Golf Club are filing arguments in state Supreme Court in advance of April’s oral arguments in state Supreme Court. Chautauqua town officials approved the project in January. The $70 million development will include condominiums, townhouses, single family homes, and a restaurant/tap house. The original plan has been modified and scaled back a few times. The development now calls for 174 residential units among the condos, townhouses and single houses. The restaurant/tap house would be open to the general ...

Redline Drive-In reopening this spring

MAYVILLE – After close to a decade of being closed, the Redline Drive-In will be seeing a return to operation this spring. Through a revamping of the business’s social media, a series of announcements has been made throughout the previous weeks about the reopening. The restaurant ...