There was plenty of the usual deficit-cutting rhetoric at the latest SUNY Fredonia University Council meeting. However, numbers were hard to come by — in part because the official who used to run them was reassigned. There was no financial report presented out loud at the Oct. 1 meeting, ...
Choir plans dinner fundraiser Oct. 17 The Northern Chautauqua Community Choir is holding their fall fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Edwards Waterhouse Inn, 71 Central Ave., Fredonia. The Wiedner's chicken dinner will include a quarter chicken with baked beans, coleslaw and a roll. Apple crisp, pumpkin cake, and local honey from "Sweet Bee & The Fox" will be available for purchase while supplies last. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go toward the 2026-27 concert season. For news and updates, please follow Northern Chautauqua Community Choir on ...
Fall has brought a decrease in police responses to Ellicott hotels used to house the homeless. According to the minutes of Monday’s Ellicott Town Board meeting, Dan Ingrao, Ellicott police chief, said there has been a slight decrease in responses to Ellicott's hotels, while the Budget Inn not participating in the Code Blue program this winter could also help decrease calls for service over the winter months. Code violations prompted the town to close part of the Clarion Pointe hotel on Route 60 in Ellicott earlier this year, with the closure shifting some of the homeless who had ...
SILVER CREEK — Before the Town of Hanover adopts its budget for 2027, Village of Silver Creek Mayor Kathy Tampio has made one budget item clear: the Village objects to an even split of the enhanced police protection contract with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. Tampio recently sent a letter to Hanover Supervisor Lou Pelletter and the Town Council reiterating her stance that the Village should not pay a 50-50 split of the enhanced police protection contract with the Sheriff's Office. Tampio did the same a year ago, but the Town said the amount was already budgeted for, so no ...
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has sponsored legislation since the 2019-20 legislative session that would close what is known as the “voluntary intoxication” loophole in sexual assault and rape cases. His bill (A.101/S.10632 in the 2025-26 legislative session) has passed the state Senate ...
JAMESTOWN POLICE - Shawn A. Beardsley, 33, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree criminal impersonation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and a traffic ticket failure to use sidewalk at 1:08 a.m. Wednesday after officers patrolling the area of Winsor Street saw a man walking in the road and conducted a street check. According to a police report, officers were eventually able to identify the male as 33 year old Shawn A. Beardsley, who officers had prior knowledge of having an outstanding bench warrant out of Jamestown City Court. During the ...
