MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County leaders and community partners gathered Monday outside the Chautauqua County Courthouse to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. During the ...
Only one council member was part of the city of Dunkirk mayor’s meeting with department heads last week. Mike Civiletto, who represents the Fourth Ward, showed up a little late and sat off to the side. Toward the end, he offered a statement. “I’m here to hold my hand out for you to come to council meetings,” he said. Friday’s session was spurred by Wdowiasz’s decision to stop attending council meetings. He said there was a communication problem between Wdowiasz and the council. “I don’t understand what happened,” he said. Civiletto added, “We have one ...
MAYVILLE – Jon Schmitz, a local historian and former Chautauqua Institution archivist, will speak during the Chautauqua Town Historical Society’s June talk, “Some Stories About Chautauqua.” The society’s programs are on the third Thursday of the month. The talks are in the Veteran’s Memorial Meeting Room of the Chautauqua Town Hall, 2 Academy St., Mayville. As Archivist Emeritus of the Chautauqua Archives, Schmitz is perhaps the foremost authority on “official” Chautauqua lore. Schmitz will recount some of his favorite Chautauqua stories during his discussion at 7 ...
In response to many patron requests, the Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday night screening will be shown with captions visible on the screen. Almost 20 years after making their iconic turns as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel – Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine in the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined ...
As Erie County faces two cases of measles this month, the first cases in eight years, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday stood with public health officials, concerned parents, and doctors and demanded that the Trump administration take immediate action to address measles outbreaks across the country. Schumer will explain that under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s leadership, the Trump administration has facilitated the rapid growth of measles cases after it gutted funding for vaccine awareness and public health, destabilized ...
A pair of Jamestown residents have been charged in a shooting that took place early Saturday in the town of Busti. At approximately 4 a.m., officers from the Lakewood-Busti Police Department were dispatched to Cummins Engine for a report of a gunshot victim. Upon arrival, officers located an adult female who had sustained a gunshot wound. Due to the severity of her injuries, she was transported and later airlifted to UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa., for further medical treatment. The subsequent investigation determined that the shooting incident occurred at a residence on Big Tree Road ...
