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Process to end Fredonia boil order begins

Water samples were collected Thursday morning in Fredonia, putting the village on the path to ending its boil order. The village Office of Emergency Management announced the news in an update at 10:50 a.m. “Good news: Treated water, turbidity level levels have improved and stabilized, allowing the first steps of samples to be collected this morning,” the update stated. A second set of samples will be collected Friday morning. The county health department lab will analyze the samples, with results expected Saturday morning. “At that time, a determination will be made to either ...

Rural Ministry facing ‘critical food shortage’

An organization dedicated to helping the needy is in dire need of community support. In a Facebook post, the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry said it “is facing a critical food shortage, and our pantry shelves are nearly empty.” On Tuesday, the agency said it served 40 families through ...

Fredonia requests Flock camera removal

The Fredonia Board of Trustees has officially called for the removal of Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras from the community. The board voted 4-1 Monday on the resolution requesting that the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office remove the devices. “While I acknowledge ...

Passing lane eliminated from road in East Dunkirk

Two months ago, the East Town of Dunkirk Fire Department voiced its concerns with an unsafe portion of the road outside its fire hall. Their concerns did not fall on deaf ears, as the passing zone on South Roberts Road near the fire hall has been eliminated. The department sent a letter to ...

Fredonia boils water, needed purchase from city

The village of Fredonia water system appears in deep trouble again. It was hit with a boil order Tuesday, days after a conservation order. Fredonia had to buy 966,000 gallons of water from the city of Dunkirk over the weekend, Mayor Michael Ferguson said Monday at a regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting. The boil order was announced by the village Office of Emergency Management at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. The stated reason for the order was “High turbidity levels and treatment deficiencies.” Fredonia water customers should bring water to a rolling boil for at least ...

County Dems want to ban IDA tax breaks for data centers

MAYVILLE – Although there are no current proposals to build a data center in Chautauqua County, Democratic county lawmakers want to block data centers from getting any tax breaks. On tonight’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting agenda is a resolution titled “Adopting a Uniform Tax Exemption Policy … Providing that the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency Shall Not Consent to Real Property Tax Exemptions, Mortgage Recording Tax Exemptions, or Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Data Center Projects.” The resolution has been introduced by the six Democrats in the ...