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DOT to use Fifth Street as detour from I-86 bridge

Local/Region

Work continues on the I-86 bridge over Chautauqua Lake, and as the New York State Department of Transportation moves into the next phase, they have alerted the Jamestown city council to a planned detour that will involve Fifth Street. A resolution regarding this planned detour was discussed by ...

School Boards association holds meeting, honors night

Local/Region

CELORON - The Chautauqua County School Boards Association held its annual meeting and Honors Night recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. Todd Crandall, executive director, welcomed the honored students, their families and friends, administrators, staff and school board members from each ...

At the Audubon

Local/Region

Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I spent most of my time as an educator leading ...

Battery storage company buys property in Dunkirk

Business

A company that is looking to place a Battery Energy Storage System in the northern end of the county has bought property, even though no final approvals have been made. According to real estate documents at the Chautauqua County Clerk’s Office, on April 17 Press Holdings, LLC sold a parcel ...

County has hope for former Bush plant

Business

While more than 200 people were laid off through the closure of Bush Industries, Chautauqua County officials insist there is interest in the facility and in the industrial park where it sits. According to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, Bush Industries laid ...

Sales include former Ellicott manufacturing building

Business

The building of a former manufacturing company in the southern end of the county that made heating and cooling equipment has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from April 14-17. The ...