The Northern Chautauqua County Club Associates recently held their annual banquet at the Sheridan VFW, Route 20 in Sheridan. Prof. Raymond Rushboldt served as emcee. He opened the meeting portion with the pledge of allegiance, followed by a moment of silence for all deceased club members. The ...
Ken Dahlgren, of Tobacco-Free for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, addressed the Chautauqua County Board of Health recently on potential policy updates to limit the availability of tobacco products. Currently, the 107 tobacco retailers in the county are only required to obtain a ...
ANGOLA — Phase 2 of Lake Shore Central School District’s Capital Project has begun. The Capital Project is designed to address important repairs, renovations, and improvements to district buildings and grounds. Phase 2 began on January 1 with a new traffic pattern at Lake Shore Middle ...
Brocton Wednesday — Brocton Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., board room Cassadaga Wednesday — Cassadaga Board of Trustees meeting, 6:30 p.m., village office Dunkirk Monday — Dunkirk Land Development Corporation (DLDC), 5 p.m., city hall Tuesday — CCIDA meeting, 10 a.m., ...
Submitted Photo The Sheridan VFW 6390 VFW Auxiliary recently held a Chili Cookoff fundraiser at the post during the Daytona 500 race. Dubbed the “Checkered Flag” Chili Cookoff, the event was a success with winners taking home cash prizes. Judged the best chili cooks were first place, ...
It appears members of the state Legislature and the state Education Department oppose the way Gov. Andrew Cuomo has changed state aid to schools in his executive budget proposal. Cuomo’s 2020-21 executive budget proposal lauded support for poor schools with a 3% increase in education ...
GERRY — A January incident has led to charges against a town woman. On Monday, the Chautauqua County sheriff's office said it received a report of a suspicious situation that occurred on Wilson Street around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 9. Following the investigation, the Chautauqua County Criminal ...
The 14th meeting of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club, held on Feb. 6, was hosted by Priscilla Bernatz. President Lucille Richardson welcomed 13 members. Bernatz read the minutes from the Jan. 30 meeting. The minutes were approved as written. The club's area of study this year is Nobel Prize ...
AAA Western and Central New York is sponsoring a six-hour Defensive Driving Program course. Conducted by professionally trained AAA instructors, the class is recognized by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles as a Point and Insurance Reduction Program. Class participants will ...
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation has announced the success of its 2019 Annual Campaign, which raised an impressive $335,420. The monies will enable the Foundation to continue to fulfill its mission of providing financial support for the delivery of high quality health ...
A Democratic challenger for New York’s 23rd Congressional District has started her 2020 campaign by discussing health care. On Thursday, Tracy Mitrano held a conference call with regional media to discuss her five-city town hall tour last month. She visited Jamestown, Dunkirk, Olean, ...
Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System has been notified by the New York State Department of Transportation that it will receive a $1.5 million grant for the modernization and enhancement of the CARTS transportation fleet via the purchase of clean-fuel hybrid trolley buses and associated ...
The Dunkirk City School District will conduct its annual Kindergarten Round-Up for School Year 2020-21. All children who reach the age of 5 years on or before Dec. 1 are urged to be enrolled in kindergarten in the Dunkirk City Schools. Parents and guardians should contact Jessica Vasquez at ...
In 2015, Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES established P-TECH, Pathways in Technology Early College High School. For five years, industry leaders have helped establish the pertinent curriculum for the program and internship opportunities for students. To acknowledge these partnerships with ...
MAYVILLE — Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Chautauqua County would like to announce its spring volunteer training to be held each Tuesday from March 3 to April 28 from 5-8:30 p.m. Training will be held in the Chautauqua County Emergency Services Conference Room at 2 Academy Street ...
The first speaker for the 2020 season of the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society will be Max Walters, newly hired curator for the Darwin R. Barker Historical Museum, at the March 17 meeting. Walters has studied history, archaeology, and museum science at Central Michigan University as well ...
The unique experience of serving on medical brigades in Honduras during the J-Term will be shared by State University of New York at Fredonia students in an informal presentation they’ll give on Friday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m., in the Science Center’s Kelly Family Auditorium (Room ...
Submitted Photo No one was injured when a vehicle struck the rear of an Amish buggy Wednesday. The New York State Police said the driver of a vehicle traveling southwest on Rock Hill Road in Panama became distracted by the sun and struck the buggy from behind. The buggy sustained extensive ...
JAMESTOWN — A Jamestown man is being held on a federal arrest warrant on numerous charges following the search of his city home early Thursday. Richard E. Kinsey Jr., 35, was taken into custody after attempting to escape out of the 126 Hedges Ave. property. Members of the Jamestown Metro ...
The Dunkirk Fire Department for the month of January responded to 194 calls. Five calls were related to fires, 161 rescue and emergency medical service, 10 hazardous condition calls, eight service calls, five good intent calls and five false alarms. The department suffered no losses in ...