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Borrello praises $8.5M in funding for rural health care in district

State Sen. George Borrello announced that six health care providers serving the 57th Senate District will receive more than $8.5 million in federal funding for New York’s Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The investment is part of the broader federal Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion, five-year initiative established under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The state is using $76.2 million of its first year of federal funding for the Rural Community Health Integration Initiative. The initiative is designed ...

Comments return, but village debates continue

Despite returning public comments to meetings, the Fredonia Board of Trustees is still grappling with behavior of the local citizenry. Trustees tabled a resolution Monday seeking to ban letters by anonymous sources. The resolution was evidently spurred by a tense letter read out at the last board meeting, whose writer requested anonymity. The letter engaged in name-calling of Mayor Michael Ferguson and bashed his behavior as mayor. Trustee Paul Wandel sponsored the resolution to remove the reading of letters with no names attached. He said it would be in keeping with the practice at ...

Westfield Grape & Wine Fest gets stomping this weekend

WESTFIELD — Harvest season takes center stage Friday and Saturday as the fourth Annual Westfield Grape & Wine Festival brings two days of family fun, food, music, grape traditions and local wine to the heart of one of America's great grape-growing communities. More than simply a festival, ...

County probation office earns state honors

MAYVILLE — The Chautauqua County Office of Probation has earned state recognition for its continued commitment to professionalism, public safety and accountability, receiving a Certificate of Commendation from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives, after achieving a 99% DNA collection rate among individuals sentenced to probation supervision during calendar year 2025. The certificate, issued in September, recognizes the Chautauqua County Department of Probation for its efforts in achieving the 99% ...

Area Police Reports

WESTFIELD POLICE - WESTFIELD - Roman J. Weaver of Westfield was charged with second-degree criminal contempt at 1:23 p.m. Monday after officers were dispatched to a Westfield home for a report of an unwanted person. Weaver allegedly was violating an order of protection. He was charged and taken to the Chautauqua County Jail to be arraigned through the Centralized Arraignment Part program. He will be in court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE - Mary E. Hetrick, 38, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree felony criminal mischief at 11:38 p.m. Monday after officers responded to an east side ...