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 ...
Charges have been placed against a man who is accused of shaking an infant which caused her to possibly become blind. According to the secret indictment, which was unsealed at the time of his arraignment in September, Seth Pulver, 28, has been charged with reckless assault of a child. It ...
Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson cited state law Monday in defending the anonymity of a police officer facing misconduct charges. “This board, and my office, as well as the police department, has been accused of covering things up and everything over the investigation of a police officer,” Ferguson said Monday at a Fredonia Board of Trustees workshop. “If you know anything about government, if you know anything about law, you understand that many of our employees are civil servants, as are police officers,” Ferguson continued. “Article 75 of the (New York state) civil ...
SHERIDAN — Now that the town is no longer sharing Highway Department services with the Town of Dunkirk, two notable transactions will need to take place to close out the canceled agreement. Highway Superintendent Jeff Feinen said the town of Dunkirk owes Sheridan $24,674.98 for salt and ...
The town of Pomfret is eying a resolution against Flock Safety cameras. Pomfret Town Board member Mike Lee is running for Chautauqua County Legislature and has made the cameras a central issue of his campaign, taking the populist position that the cameras are too intrusive and their data can ...
