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Hanover board announces Grape Festival dates

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HANOVER — Rides will return to the Festival of Grapes this fall. The annual Festival of Grapes has been set for Sept. 13 to 15. Hanover Town Board member Aimee Rogers made the announcement at a recent meeting, as she credited Supervisor Lou Pelletter for “working his magic” to secure ...

City raises senior tax exemption cutoff

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The Dunkirk Common Council unanimously raised the cutoff for a senior citizen tax exemption program last week to $22,000. Taxing entities in New York can offer as much as 50% cuts in property tax bills for low-income senior citizens. According to the New York State Taxation and Finance ...

Arkwright building projects are underway

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ARKWRIGHT — Construction is finally underway in Arkwright, as the long awaited building project for a new Highway Department building began on Tuesday. The night before, the Town Board made the final decision on the building. After a lengthy discussion, the Board selected a slate gray ...

Community notebook

Community Notebook

Westfield Village Board to meet WESTFIELD – The Westfield Village Board of Trustees has scheduled a village board meeting to be held on Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in the North Room of Eason Hall to review and potentially approve the Utility Fund Budgets (Electric, Water & Sewer) ...

Jamestown man charged in child’s death

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JAMESTOWN — A Jamestown man is facing second-degree manslaughter charges after an investigation into the death of a 16-month-old child earlier this month. Jamestown police were notified April 15 of a suspicious death of a child that occurred April 13 in the city. An investigation showed ...

Hanover Historian visits Genealogical Society

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CASSADAGA – Hanover Historian Vince Martonis was the speaker at a recent meeting of the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society in Cassadaga. His topic involved a promotion of the book “Legends of the Chautauqua-Erie Grape Belt’ by John Slater. Martonis explained the 18-year period ...