While the official start of summer is later this month, it wasn’t that long ago that Chautauqua County residents were bundling up, trying to stay warm in a cold winter. It was a cold one. In fact, it was the coldest winter in a dozen years for our area. “The winter of 2025-2026 was ...
It hardly seems possible, but the reconstruction project of the Veterans Memorial Bridge over Chautauqua Lake is scheduled to be completed this fall. The 3,790-foot-long main bridge crossing Chautauqua Lake and two, 500-foot-long bridge structures that split off the eastern end of the main ...
SHERMAN — They say a little kindness goes a long way, and for a woman from Ohio nothing but kindness was shown to her after hitting a deer in the early morning hours in the town of Sherman last week. Shaine Gentry of Eaton, Ohio was driving through Sherman late on Thursday, May 28 following attending the graduation ceremony for her son who had just graduated from high school. The ceremony ended at 9:30 p.m., and Gentry had to immediately hit the road after to make her way up to Ithaca to see her daughter graduate from Cornell Law the next day. “I reached this little town called ...
The SUNY Fredonia Federal Credit Union is proud to announce scholarships were awarded to 11 deserving high school students at their 51st Annual Membership Meeting held on May 19. Sydney Dobmeier received the 27th annual Frances C. Granata Scholarship. In 1974, Ms. Granata was the first ...
There’s big anticipation for Big Boy. A city resident inquired about the train’s travels through Dunkirk on Tuesday. The initial article about the upcoming visit of the world’s largest operating steam locomotive to Ripley garnered hundreds of reactions and comments on social media. Big Boy will be on Norfolk Southern’s tracks next to Lucas Avenue and Doughty Street, the ones that cross Route 60 at-grade, sometime after its visit to Ripley on Tuesday. That’s according to a map of its route schedule on Union Pacific’s website. Big Boy is a Union Pacific locomotive, but its ...
Chautauqua County recently concluded a multi-session System of Care (SOC) Action Planning Series, bringing together cross-system leaders to collaboratively strengthen services and supports for children, youth, and families across the county’s SOC. Facilitated in partnership with the New York State Office of Mental Health, and the local SOC grantee, Chautauqua Tapestry, the series focused on identifying shared priorities, strengthening collaboration, and laying the groundwork for sustainable system improvements. Throughout the series, participants demonstrated strong engagement and a ...
