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Lawmaker proposes visiting procedure for prisons, jails

A state lawmaker wants the state to establish visiting procedures for state and local jails as well as visiting rights for visitors and those in the jails. Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest, D-Brooklyn, has introduced legislation (A.11507) that would standardize procedures around the ...

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 Laurel Run newspaper sale Area Tim Hortons, downtown Fredonia, downtown Silver Creek, 6 to 10 a.m. Proceeds benefit The Resource Center Laurel Run Fund; Dr. Jon Vona “Smile” Fund enhancing the lives of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Tops NY 890 meeting First United Presbyterian Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. Weigh-ins begin at 8:45 a.m., meeting starts at 9:35 a.m. All are welcome. Use the Main Street entrance. For details, call 716 680-0313. Dunkirk Farmers’ Market Dunkirk Senior Center Pavilion, 45 Cliffstar Court, 9 a.m. ...

Mall owner files new assessment challenge

LAKEWOOD - The Chautauqua Mall is, again, challenging its tax assessment. On Friday, Chautauqua Mall Realty Holding LLC filed an Article 7 filing in the state Supreme Court in Mayville asking the court to review the assessment of the three parcels that make up the Chautauqua Mall property - ...

IDA adjusts agreement for Stockton solar project

Payments that are being made for a solar project in Stockton are being adjusted. In 2022, Scinta Solar, LLC was approved to construct a 5 megawatt solar project at 7030 South Stockton-Cassadaga Road (County Road 71). It was to be placed on 26 acres of land. A Payment In Lieu Of Taxes ...

Water session to have station format

Fredonia’s July 9 water project information session will have a signboard station format. “Stations will be positioned around the venue with posterboards sharing information on various aspects of the project,” according to an informational flyer released early Monday by the village government. Fredonia is attempting to connect with the North County Water District, with eyes on decommissioning the village’s own treatment plant and reservoir. The information session is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday for a former church at 10410 Chestnut Road, which the town of ...

View from above

Submitted photo A flag was mowed into a back yard on Friday to celebrate the Fourth of July in Sheridan. It measures 65 feet by 125 feet and should be able to be seen from airplanes near Dunkirk. The mowing was done in honor of 250 years of America.