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The bluff for the Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veteran Museum is crumbling. If nothing is done, the lighthouse could literally fall in the lake. What solutions are there? There are some, but all seem to be quite expensive and will take a lot of work. During the Chautauqua County Legislature ...

Healing with Horses: Pathways for health

At Centaur Stride, we have witnessed remarkable changes in the people we serve, and now research is delving deeper to explain why. Today, the pendulum is swinging back toward natural approaches that support the body's ability to develop or heal. Whether driven by rising healthcare costs or ...

Ferguson echoes Hochul wariness on data centers

Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson has echoed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s cautious approach to large-scale data centers. Ferguson told the village Board of Trustees that he participated in a Hochul roundtable discussion Monday afternoon about the centers. Hochul just announced a year-long moratorium on state regulatory approval of new data centers. “They’re popping up,” Ferguson said. “This came up when we had the windmill issue, then we had the solar farm issues, and now data centers and hyper-speed data centers are becoming part of the mix.” Ferguson mentioned ...

ImmunityBio says it is ‘incredibly committed’ to Dunkirk

In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously said, in relation to the Battle of Dunkirk, “Wars are not won by evacuation.” A special guest at a recent Dunkirk Town Board meeting referenced that quote in relation to Chautauqua County’s own Dunkirk – rather than the ...

Dunkirk residents fear disaster with frequent bridge mishaps

For the past two months since the Route 5 detour was implemented to divert traffic away from the Canadaway Creek Bridge while it is being replaced, drivers have been ignoring road signs and using local underpasses for target practice with their vehicles. Local residents have become ...

Getting a taste of Spain while on the trail

Editor’s note: This is the second of three parts. On our way north along the Portuguese Camino we crossed into Spain after crossing the river Minho in a small open boat at the town of Caminha, Portugal. The wind had whipped up a pretty good chop on the water, and although it was a rather ...