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City’s ‘24 audit full of ‘weaknesses’

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A multimillion dollar negative fund balance. Expenditures well past the budget. Confusing and incomplete recordkeeping. The bad news cascades through the city of Dunkirk’s official 2024 audit, conducted by Drescher and Malecki and issued in late October. The audit was months late, with ...

New account emerges in missing person case

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A recorded account of an event around the time Corrie Anderson went missing may be another piece of evidence relating to a cold case dating back to 2008. Merry William Diers, cold case advocate and creator of the WNY Missing and Unidentified Persons Network, has been continuing to fight ...

Sharing memories of stadium games

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ORCHARD PARK — On Dec. 10, 2017, mounds of snow piled high at New Era Field as the Buffalo Bills hosted the Indianapolis Colts in a game for the ages. Just a month before Buffalo snapped a 17-year playoff drought, fans braved whiteout conditions and dangerous roads to get to the stadium to ...

Niebel reflects on 50 years in county government

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For 50 years, Terry Niebel has been involved in Chautauqua County government, either as an employee or as an elected official. He has decided to retire and is walking away on his own terms. Niebel was elected to the Chautauqua County legislature in the fall of 2013. But before that, he ...

Silver Creek honors Janisch at Board meeting

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SILVER CREEK — The latest choice for recognition at a Silver Creek Board of Education meeting was a fixture at the district for the past four decades. The Board recognized one of the most accomplished and respected coaches in Western New York, Mike Janisch. Janisch has been a varsity ...

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Man charged after striking shoveler with weapon A 55-year-old man is facing a number of charges after an incident with a weapon on New Year’s Eve. Dunkirk Police report Jerry J. Small was charged with third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree menacing, ...