MAYVILLE – A county lawmaker wants to see high school students educated on the rules and regulations of electrical bikes and scooters. Legislator Fred Larson, D-Jamestown, has introduced a resolution titled “Requesting Law Enforcement Education Program on E-bikes and E-scooters in ...
Robert “Bob” Bankoski announces his candidacy for re-election for his seventh term as the District 2, Chautauqua County legislator. He has received the endorsement of the Democratic Party, the Working Families Party, the Dunkirk Labor Council and the NYSCOPBA Union. He has been a resident of Dunkirk for over 62 years and it’s where he and his wife have raised their three children. His wife, Tammy retired from the School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia, their oldest daughter Taylor, graduated from JCC and SUNY Fredonia, their son Gunnar, graduated from JCC ...
Deer Near House An example of a vehicle-mounted shooting platform used in mobile deer removal programs is pictured. Photo courtesy state DEC Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation extending the Urban Deer Management Pilot program - a program that could help Jamestown with its urban deer issue if the program moves beyond a one-city pilot program. A.10112/S.9098 was passed overwhelmingly in the state Legislature in May, with only Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, D-Bronx, voting against it in the Assembly and only Sens. Jabari Brisport, D-Brooklyn, and Monica Martinez, D-Hauppauge, ...
Five Chautauqua County projects are part of $8 million in grant awards for 25 projects that are designed to create efficiencies and lower costs for local governments, The New York Department of State announced. The funding is administered by NYS Department of State through its competitive Local Government Efficiency Grant (LGEG) Program which incentivizes New York municipalities to engage in partnerships to help make New York communities more affordable by reducing municipal costs through consolidations, shared services, and internal efficiencies. The opportunity creates both short ...
SHERMAN — On the morning of Oct. 14, Village Clerk/Treasurer Jeanette Ramm received a 33-page petition with 151 signatures, calling for the dissolution and termination of the village. The contact person for the petition is Sue Oehlbeck of Prospect Street in Sherman, mother of Fire Chief Matt Oehlbeck and wife of former mayor, Gerald Oehlbeck. Sherman Mayor Colleen Meeder said the petition to dissolve the village expressed concerns about "the village's lack of support for and the mayor's control over the fire department, the question of $5,000 budgeted above the fire contract ...
FORESTVILLE — Monday morning, the student body at Forestville Middle/High School gathered outside of the school to remember one of their own — one whose absence is still felt each day, and whose memory will carry on for years to come. Sky Hahn was memorialized with the planting of a ...
