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County Courtroom getting upgrade

The Chautauqua County Courtroom in Mayville is going to be getting an upgrade. During the county legislature meeting, lawmakers agreed to spend $120,000 over the next four years as part of a plan by the New York State Unified Court System to upgrade courtrooms across the state. According ...

NCCS eyes opportunities in new year

Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, a prekindergarten to eighth grade Regional Catholic Elementary School is celebrating 157 years of Catholic education in Dunkirk while looking ahead to 2026. The school prides itself in educating all students in mind, body and spirit. Its academic programs ...

HEAP heating equipment repair fund open

The state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance has reopened the Home Energy Assistance Program Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement benefit for qualifying older homeowners. The reopening follows OTDA’s announcement earlier this fall that the benefit was temporarily paused. With ...

New York cuts ‘100-foot rule’ for gas hook ups

Property owners hooking up natural gas lines in new homes will soon cover the cost themselves. This, after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that undoes the “100-foot-rule,” a decades-old provision that requires utility companies to connect new buildings to the system for free, so long ...

Minor injury reported in plow-ambulance accident

GERRY – One person received a minor injury following an accident involving a private plow truck and an ambulance. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, a Falconer ambulance driven by Greg P. Scott, 53, of Jamestown was transporting a patient and ...

4-H member goes to leadership program

Chautauqua County 4-H teen Evie Woodis was one of 28 students from across New York and New England to be accepted into the state Animal and Agricultural Leadership Program through Cornell University. Youth will be introduced to all areas of animal science, gaining insights into the various ...