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OSHA probing death at city steel plant

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An employee’s death at the Dunkirk Specialty Steel plant on Brigham Road this week is under investigation. A U.S. Labor Department spokesman on Thursday did confirm that “(the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is currently investigating this incident and has six months to ...

Cutting it close: Silver Creek hosts Bald For Bucks March 21

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SILVER CREEK — For the sixth time, Silver Creek students will be given an opportunity to get one the most impactful haircuts of their lives. On Friday morning, Silver Creek’s Knights Against Cancer hosts the school’s sixth annual Bald for Bucks event in the High School Auditorium. ...

Tarp Skunks look to honor Silver Creek legend

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SILVER CREEK — The Jamestown Tarp Skunks are looking to honor one of the area’s greatest baseball stars of the past. Silver Creek Mayor Jeff Hornburg was recently approached about scheduling a night at Jamestown’s Diethrick Park to honor the legacy of Howard Ehmke. Born in 1894, ...

JCC Ceases Instruction At Collins Jail

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Jamestown Community College ceased instruction at the Collins Correctional Facility. On the heels of a state-wide correction officer strike that recently ended, JCC Vice President of Academic Affairs Jessica Kubiak said the Collins facility, in Cattaraugus County, was hard hit and continues ...

$10M upgrade eyed for Mayville sewer plant

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MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature is looking to make about $10 million worth of upgrades to the North Chautauqua Lake Sewer District Plant. The proposed project was brought up at the legislature’s Public Facilities Committee meeting. Legislature Chairman Pierre Chagnon, ...

City office closed to ‘preserve documents’

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The city of Dunkirk Treasurer’s Office was closed for an investigation spurred by “discovery of questionable accounting practices,” Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz said this week. The mayor addressed the closure, which occurred earlier Tuesday, at a Common Council meeting. Calling it part ...