Dunkirk’s first new road in a dozen years opened last week. Park Avenue now extends between Marsden and Newton streets. The extension was placed to make up for the closure of Main Street nearby. Wells Enterprises asked for the closure to accommodate its expansion project. The company ...
The History of the Chautauqua County Fair was presented to a large audience at the Fredonia Opera House by David Wilson. Wilson has been associated with the fair for 40 years and served as president of the fair also. The first Chautauqua County Fair was more than 200 years ago in December ...
A pair of Republicans are proposing making any crime involving a child bail-eligible under the state’s bail laws. Joe DeStefano, R-Medford, and Sen. Dean Murray, R-Patchogue, have proposed legislation (A.11713/S.10679) that would amend the state Criminal Procedure Law to include ...
LAKEWOOD-BUSTI POLICE - LAKEWOOD - Albert D. Pognant, 38, of Jamestown was charged with petit larceny after officers responded to the Dollar General in Lakewood for a reported shoplifting in progress. Pognant was allegedly found on West Fairmount Avenue near Winch Road. He was charged, processed and released to be in Busti Town Court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE - Tysean L. Mays, 21, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree criminal contempt at 9:26 a.m. Thursday after officers working as part of a STRIVE domestic violence detail responded to a west side home for an order of ...
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced the Seneca Nation Law Enforcement Efficiency Act. The bill would establish a legal mechanism to end a 1948 federal law that granted New York State criminal jurisdiction over Seneca Nation territory, helping to resolve overlapping responsibilities between federal, state, and Tribal authorities. “The Seneca Nation Law Enforcement Efficiency Act is a crucial first step in fixing a Termination-era law enforcement model that has existed for the last 78 years,” Gillibrand said . “The Seneca Nation has suffered as a result, and now is ...
MAYVILLE – A combination of using a large portion of its reserves and the high value of homes in Chautauqua County has allowed County Executive PJ Wendel to propose a budget which has the lowest property tax rate in 50 years, while also keeping the levy, the among raised by taxes, flat. ...
