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Falconer firm to eliminate line, 79 jobs

A new business plan at Saint-Gobain, corporate owner of the SEFPRO facility in Falconer, is leading to the loss of 79 jobs at the local plant. Saint-Gobain officials are ending production of its Alumina-Zirconia-Silica line at the Falconer facility, which was formerly known as Monofrax. The ...

Vets battle amphitheater plan

Two veterans criticized plans for an amphitheater in Dunkirk’s Memorial Park at the most recent Common Council meeting. Zakery DeLong, an auxiliary member of Disabled American Veterans’ Dunkirk chapter, was first to speak. “Memorial Park is a sacred place for every veteran and ...

Kathy Wilson case focus turns to MCM Enterprises employees

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the May 18, 1988 murder of Kathy Wilson and seeking additional assistance. In furtherance of the investigation the Sheriff’s Office is asking employees who worked in 1988 at the now closed MCM Enterprises located at 117 ...

Cassadaga hires new DPW Superintendent

CASSADAGA — One of the biggest items on the checklist for Rudy Abersold as mayor was to find a new supervisor of the Department of Public Works. That has been crossed off the list with the appointment of Bob Frank Jr. as DPW Superintendent. Frank, who also serves as chief of the Cassadaga ...

‘Grapey’ good

A proposed juice packing facility in Westfield that would produce pouches for children and adults is looking to start this fall. County officials are excited that this could help grape farmers who lost their contract with Refresco. On Tuesday, Robert Patterson with WMC Grape Juice, LLC, ...

Grand jury indicts inmate on felony assaults at Lakeview facility

An inmate connected to a brutal attack on a counselor and officer at the Lakeview Shock Incarceration Facility in Brocton is facing charges in the February incident. Early Tuesday, a secret indictment authorized in April by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury was unsealed in County Court charging ...