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St. Rose of Lima plans Sunday Mass FORESTVILLE — At 11 a.m. Sunday, there will be a Mass at St. Rose of Lima. All are invited. Please come and join us in our quaint community church! There will be a light lunch following. TEA Party meeting features Quattrone On Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 1309 Norby Road, Jamestown, the general meeting of the TEA Party Patriots will feature Sheriff Jim Quattrone discussing consolidation ideas, rules of the road for mini bikes and electric bikes and cooperation with ICE in light of Governor Hochul’s mandate, as well as other questions from the ...

Hochul addresses nursing home closures

Over a 10-year period, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported in July that a total of 1,440 nursing home closures were identified nationwide. In Chautauqua County, the rate is even quicker. Since 2023, four facilities have ceased operations, which totaled about 240 beds. ...

Lake Shore Drive work adds impatience

Lake Shore Drive is a mess right now. The state Department of Transportation has started a project to repave the road in the city of Dunkirk, which carries Route 5. Most of the road was milled down to grooved pavement as of Tuesday morning. Motorists had to weave around construction ...

Lakeside Park kayak launch delayed

MAYVILLE – A new kayak launch is not expected to be installed at Lakeside Park this year. During the August Mayville Village Board meeting, officials pulled a resolution to award a contract to who would install the kayak launch. The kayak launch has been part of the Lakeside Park ...

Clymer school board hears about potential new building uses

CLYMER — As the process continues for the potential merger of the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts, each district has also been presented with a study that shows the possibility of future uses for each school building if the merger were to be approved. During the Clymer Board of ...

Harvest of fun

SILVER CREEK — The heart of the village of Silver Creek will be buzzing for four days in the middle of September for the 59th annual Festival of Grapes, set for Sept. 17-20. The Village Board finalized the dates at its latest meeting. Sue Bigler, a Festival of Grapes Board Member, said ...