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Borrello aims for city control board

A potential solution to the troubling cash crunch in the city of Dunkirk is being considered by state Sen. George Borrello. In response to the ongoing financial crisis facing, Borrello announced Monday he will sponsor legislation to authorize the creation of a financial control board, which ...

Health officials encourage measles vaccines

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County health officials believe it’s only a matter of time before there are cases of measles popping up locally and are encouraging parents in particular to make sure their children are vaccinated. According to the state Health Department’s website, as of ...

Residents criticize unkempt Silver Creek properties

SILVER CREEK — Telling someone to do something and actually getting them to do it are two very different things. Even so, two local residents brought their frustrations to the Silver Creek board with hopes of seeing change in the village. Anna Frederickson, a Silver Creek resident for more ...

City seagull mitigation program cut by Trump administration

The president of the United States, whoever it is, gets blamed for just about everything. If seagulls create a mess on Dunkirk properties this year, someone might blame Donald Trump. The city’s federally sponsored seagull mitigation program was a casualty of the cuts enacted by the Trump ...

County committee rejects giving more sales tax money to municipalities

A Chautauqua County Legislative committee is going on record opposing giving more sales revenue to towns, cities and villages in the county. A final decision is expected next week. During the legislature’s Audit and Control Committee meeting Thursday, Republican Legislators Bob Scudder of ...

Testing the waters: SUNY Shark Tank event identifies future leaders

Every day, people all over the world come up with great ideas for new or better products and services that could make our lives better. Yet few of their dreams are ever realized. That’s because most people simply don’t know how to successfully bring their ideas to market. Encouraging for ...