County planning board rejects Ripley gravel mine proposal

April 14, 2026

A proposed gravel pit in Ripley is not getting support on the county level. The Chautauqua County Planning Board voted against backing a Special Use Permit for a sand and gravel mine proposed at 9087 Old Route 20. The lack of support doesn’t officially stop the project but it makes it harder for it to move forward. The project is being proposed by Jamestown Mcadam. The company first had its application go before the county Planning Board in March. The application was rejected because it did not have a completed State Environmental Quality Review. The application was returned at ...

Cassadaga shifts focus on NY Forward grant

April 14, 2026

CASSADAGA — The village might be moving forward with a major grant application later this year. It just may not be for what was initially discussed. Following the submission of a proposal from Alec J. Witkowski, President and CEO of Witco Inc., the Village Board is not ruling out a New ...

Sea Lion Scrapped: Lack of funding ends planned move to Virginia

April 14, 2026

The Sea Lion is no more. The ship has been decommissioned and scrapped. Bret Apthorpe, retired Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, found the news while doing research for a book. Apthorpe has lengthy ties to the Sea Lion growing up in Mayville and spending time working on the ship in ...

SUNY’s West in ‘The Voice’ semifinals tonight

April 13, 2026

Lucas West, a State University of New York at Fredonia senior, is in the semifinals of NBC’s “The Voice." It will be televised tonight on WGRZ-TV. West, a senior majoring in Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies from Fairport, is part of Team Legend, which includes West, Syd ...

Hooray for Hollywood: Theater plans three-day centennial celebration this month

April 13, 2026

GOWANDA — A century ago, the Hollywood Theater opened its doors to the Gowanda community. It quickly became a focal point of the village on Main Street, entertaining patrons for roughly 70 years before closing in the early ‘90s. The community came together and saved the theater roughly ...

Trout set for release this week at harbor

April 13, 2026

In the waters of Dunkirk Harbor along Lake Erie, a powerful example of grassroots conservation is making waves — both literally and figuratively. The Dunkirk Fish Pen Project, led by the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club (NCCC) in partnership with the New York State Department of ...