Flames damage Westfield home
Crews responded to a house fire late Sunday in the village of Westfield. The incident occurred at 43 Wood St. with crews from the village, town, Ripley, Brocton, North Lake and Portland responding.
Dunkirk Fredonia Lions Club welcomes new members
In May, the Dunkirk-Fredonia Lions Club welcomed two new members at its regular monthly meeting. Lion Mike Herlong sponsored the two new members Hillary Carnahan and Laura Riddle. Lion Greg Cole also helped with the presenting of New Member Pins as President Judy Cole presided over the ...
Court rules defunct aircraft maker has to repay IDA loans
The owners of a failed venture to create an airplane manufacturing company at the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown have been ordered to repay more than $400,000 borrowed from the Chautauqua County IDA and Southern Tier Enterprise Development Organization. The IDA and STEDO had ...
Next Fredonia trustees meeting canceled
Back and forth the Fredonia government goes — when it meets again, nobody really knows. The latest from Village Hall as of Thursday is that the next scheduled Board of Trustees meeting is cancelled. It was supposed to be held Monday. The OBSERVER got a notice earlier in the week that the meeting would be moved to Tuesday. Then it got a second notice telling it to disregard the first one. The third and final notice formally cancelled this Monday’s meeting and announced trustees would be resuming their schedule with the Monday, June 15 workshop. The five-member Board of ...
Silver Creek Senior Citizens meet
SILVER CREEK – The Silver Creek Seniors met on June 2 with 26 people in attendance. President Randy Nurmi opened the meeting with all saying the Pledge of Allegiance and singing God Bless America. Pauline Flitt read a prayer of the day and a blessing of the members and food. Lunch consisted of ice cream sundaes and root beer floats and delicious pastries. Winners of the door prizes were Harry Suski, Carol Struwe and Eleanor Lemiszko. The 50-50 winners were Carol DePasquale, Jan Polisoto, and Pauline. Wheel of fortune lucky winners included Jeanne Blakely, Ruth Sheeler, Pauline, ...
Wrapping Up
It hardly seems possible, but the reconstruction project of the Veterans Memorial Bridge over Chautauqua Lake is scheduled to be completed this fall. The 3,790-foot-long main bridge crossing Chautauqua Lake and two, 500-foot-long bridge structures that split off the eastern end of the main ...