An 18-year-old Sheridan resident has been charged with second-degree rape. Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies report the youth turned himself in at the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and will be arraigned at the county jail through the Centralized Arraignment Program. Deputies had ...
HANOVER — Each year since Lou Pelletter took office as Supervisor of the Town of Hanover, the annual fire protection contract public hearing has been contentious. Pelletter thought having departments merge into one taxing district could alleviate some of the pressure on the Town Board to be ...
Fredonia looks set to pass an anti-Flock camera resolution. Debate and outrage over the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office program, which put surveillance cameras downtown, has rattled the community for weeks. Fredonia Trustee Tim Mulholland proposed a resolution at a workshop this week to express distaste and call for the cameras’ shutdown. Mulholland’s resolution looks certain to get passed by the five-member Board of Trustees, as it was clearly supported by Trustees Christine Cruz Keefe and LeeAnn Lazarony. Mulholland’s resolution is similar to one proposed by ...
The Chautauqua County Legislature is eyeing a proposal which would allow some Probation Department employees to retire earlier than they do right now. Probation Department Director Gilbert Taylor met with members of the legislature’s Administrative Services Committee to discuss a ...
Several Dunkirk residents complained and offered ideas about the proposed 2027 city budget, and its 11% tax increase, at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting. Brian Meyer started with some suggestions. He proposed a 10% discount for people who pay property taxes early. City officials have ...
HANOVER — Community leaders went at each other during a recent Town Board meeting when discussing a contract for enhanced police protection from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office in the Town of Hanover and the Village of Silver Creek. Village of Silver Creek Mayor Kathy Tampio ...
