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Pelletter continues push for Hanover pharmacy

HANOVER — When Rite Aid shut its doors in the village of Silver Creek, residents all throughout the town of Hanover were met with a significant inconvenience. The people of Silver Creek and Hanover were left without a pharmacy in town. Since then, Hanover Supervisor Lou Pelletter and ...

Lecture series to share history of Gerry Rodeo

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present the final program in its 2026 fall Here & There – Chautauqua County History, Travelers and Memories series on Thursday at 7 p.m. The program will explore the history of the Gerry Rodeo. Back in 1944, when the newly formed ...

Area police ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — VILLENOVA — at 3 p.m. Saturday, deputies responded to the town for a disorderly person report. Upon investigation it was determined that William Hendrickson, 58, of Forestville did threaten and engage in physical contact with the victim. He was placed into custody and transported to county jail and arraigned. WESTFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT — At around 3:15 p.m. Oct. 25, officers were dispatched to the 96 E. Main St. 7-Eleven for a report of shoplifting. While on scene, officers reviewed surveillance footage within the store. It was ...

Buffalo man charged in Villenova drug bust

VILLENOVA --- A Buffalo man has been charged after an investigation into narcotics activity on Friday morning. Narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and the Jamestown Police Department executed the search warrant at 8061 Route 83 in the town of Villenova ...

Cassadaga Valley volleyball match postponed until Tuesday

Monday’s Section VI Class D volleyball semifinal between No. 4 Maple Grove and No. 1 Cassadaga Valley has been postponed to Tuesday. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office reported Saturday that two Cassadaga Valley male juveniles were involved in a one-car accident on Maple Avenue in Cassadaga. One of the teenagers was flown to an area hospital for treatment while the other sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. In a Facebook post Saturday, the district called the news “heartbreaking” and said it would have counseling available over the weekend. “Our ...

Donations keep Centaur Stride's mission possible

When everyone assumes somebody else will take responsibility, sometimes nobody does. There is an anonymous saying that captures this tendency to pass responsibility along: “This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to ...