A recent Town of Dunkirk Board meeting was a blast from the past. All it was missing was a handwritten letter from Sue Hazelton. Several members of the Dunkirk community spoke out against a short-term rental property operating on Woodlands Drive. Among them were Sue Hazelton and Jay Warren, ...
BATAVIA - Whether a grand jury indictment charging a Silver Creek woman with second-degree murder is reinstated or not now lies in the hands of five judges in the Fourth Department Appellate Division. Ashley Bertino of Silver Creek was charged by grand jury in 2025 with second-degree murder, ...
Dunkirk’s water rate proposal didn’t make it to a vote at the last Common Council meeting, and “I take full responsibility,” City Comptroller Tracy Smith-Dengler said this week. Speaking at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting, Smith-Dengler said she did not realize she had to get it approved for the agenda of that particular meeting. She promised that it will be on the agenda for consideration at the next council meeting. Smith-Dengler is a relatively new city employee in a brand new position, taking the comptroller job in July. Smith-Dengler went on to call the water ...
Gowanda native Justin Regan was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in mid-2020 and today is cancer free – a story he plans to tell as a one-man play he will perform Saturday, Oct. 3 at Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater. “Basically, I had to get two stem cell transplants as the ...
Dunkirk’s first new road in a dozen years opened last week. Park Avenue now extends between Marsden and Newton streets. The extension was placed to make up for the closure of Main Street nearby. Wells Enterprises asked for the closure to accommodate its expansion project. The company ...
A Kennedy man has been charged on multiple rape charges following a secret indictment. According to Chautauqua County Assistant District Attorney Mike Pisko, Major Sterns was indicted on three counts of first-degree rape and three counts of third-degree rape following a court appearance Aug. ...
