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New Horizons Band to begin spring session

The New Horizons Band of Western New York spring session begins on Wednesday, Feb. 4 on the SUNY Fredonia campus. The concert band is always looking to expand its membership. Whether you’re interested in learning to play an instrument, returning to an instrument you haven’t practiced in ...

Lake Shore Bank awards Small Business Recovery grant to WMH

WESTFIELD – Lake Shore Bank has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation through the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Small Business Recovery Grant Program, an initiative designed to support local organizations and economic resilience. The grant will help fund ...

New city apartment construction expected in March

A company looking to build some new apartment complexes in the city of Dunkirk is expected to begin work next month, although they’re still looking for tax assistance. Gabe Regan with Dunkirk Landing, LLC appeared at the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency meeting to discuss ...

Three years on, Dunkirk DRI limps ahead

Three years after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Dunkirk to announce a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award, there is little physical evidence of it in the city. A mixed-use development in a former bank is complete, and a project to build apartments is approaching ...

Officials continue push for city Control Board

Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor sent a letter Friday to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to include enabling legislation establishing a state financial control board for the City of Dunkirk in her forthcoming 30-day budget amendments. The lawmakers said the recent ...

Dunkirk Dave braces for chilly Groundhog Day

The prolonged, frigid temperatures this winter have not been very conducive to early morning gatherings outdoors. Monday morning at daybreak, a Dunkirk tradition will inspire many to brave the brutal cold to figure out whether there is light at the end of the tunnel, or if these bitter cold ...