MAYVILLE – The push from community residents to see the Health Department issue new and stronger guidance regarding wind turbines and battery energy storage systems continues. During the recent Chautauqua County Board of Health meeting, more than 30 residents were in attendance with a ...

While the Chautauqua County Board of Health is weighing the safety of Battery Energy Storage Systems, the city of Dunkirk has gone on record saying they believe the BESS proposed in Dunkirk would be safe. Nicholas S. Barter, Dunkirk fire chief, penned a letter a year ago to the Dunkirk City ...

One of the best teachers across all of New York state is set to retire after this school year comes to a close. Ellen Foley has submitted her retirement resignation from the Fredonia Central School District. Foley will leave her role of Early Childhood Teacher at the Wheelock Early ...

The unpaid tax burden of Chautauqua County’s cities is a big reason county officials are discussing municipal consolidation. County Executive PJ Wendel visited the Dunkirk Common Council this week to offer remarks about consolidation, similar to what he did earlier in the month at a town of ...

A crime lab at SUNY Fredonia is still in the works. “I’m calling it CSI Fredonia,” university President Stephen Kolison said during the University Council’s March meeting. The crime lab is a collaboration between SUNY Fredonia and Chautauqua County. Kolison said SUNY Fredonia is ...

MAYVILLE – County lawmakers have agreed to help financially support plans for three small south county school districts to merge, as well as a north county municipality to look into sharing services and/or merging with neighboring local governments. While the proposals were unanimously ...