Ronald H. DeChard
Ronald H. DeChard, 84, of Dunkirk died Saturday evening (May 13, 2023) at home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home.
JHS edges F/CV boys; Fredonia wins
FALCONER — Maxwell Knight won a pair of individual events and Jamestown won all three relays en route to an 89-52 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 boys track and field victory over Falconer/Cassadaga Valley on Tuesday at Bill Race Field. Knight captured the 1,600 ...
Annemarie B. Roman
Annemarie B. Roman, 79, of Dunkirk died Wednesday evening (April 19, 2023) at home following a brief illness. She was born May 19, 1943 in Frankenhaag, Germany, the daughter of the late Georg and Margareta ( Hofer) Baumgartner. A resident of Dunkirk since 1969, Annemarie had been employed at ...
Assembly Approves End Of Doctor’s Order For Birth Control
Legislation that would allow contraception to be sold without a doctor’s prescription is being sent to the state Senate for a third consecutive year. A.1060 was passed by a 109-37 vote in the state Assembly this week. The bill was also passed in 2021 and 2022 but hasn’t been approved by the state Senate in either of those years. It was first introduced in 2016. The legislation is sponsored by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, and would allow physicians and nurse practitioners to order a non-patient specific order to a pharmacist to dispense birth control as well as allowing ...
TRANSPORTATION: Rail infrastructure being neglected
It’s beginning to look as though our neglect of the nation’s railway infrastructure is catching up with us. After a recent series of unsettling incidents in Ohio involving Norfolk Southern Corp., CSX Transportation is now dealing with a derailment and subsequent diesel fuel spill into the New River in Summers County. In this case, the four locomotives and 22 empty coal cars left the tracks. Three crew members were hurt. The accident was caused by the empty train hitting a rockslide that had not been spotted in time. The site of the derailment — which is inside the New River ...
Mayville adopts budget, hikes cemetery fees
MAYVILLE — Local residents are going to pay more for their village taxes as well as higher fees for the cemetery. During the Mayville Village Board meeting, the board adopted its 2023-24 budget. The spending plan is $2,066,900. The levy, the amount raised by taxes, is $813,575 and has a ...