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Engineer who led Pluto camera team to speak Oct. 21

FREWSBURG - The engineer who led the team that built the camera behind the sharpest images of Pluto will visit the Martz-Kohl Observatory on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Steve Conard will present "LORRI: The Camera That Showed Us Pluto," a look at the long-range reconnaissance imager ...

Historic Hollywood car restored, on display Sunday

A Silver Creek resident with a passion and talent for restoring cars will be restoring memories on Sunday of a particular vehicle once used in the making of a movie filmed in the area in the late 1980s. Mark Dietzen has restored an original car from the movie, “Gone in 60 Seconds II,” ...

SUNY weathers storm, but more clouds on horizon

As the leadership team came forward last week for recognition of the State University of New York at Fredonia’s bicentennial year, CHQ Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Heitzenrater made a request to those seated at tables in the audience. If you were a graduate ...

Ferguson seeks restriction on hotel for homeless

A former hotel that used to house homeless people in Fredonia but was shut down due to poor conditions of the building is ready to be reopened. At the same time, the village’s top elected leader does not want homeless men to be allowed to stay there. During the Fredonia Village Board ...

Army Corps of Engineers approves $7.3M Barcelona Harbor contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $7.3 million contract to Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials to remove built-up sediment and install a wave-absorbing stone structure along the West Breakwater in Barcelona Harbor. The project will provide a ...

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Boater rescued from Chautauqua Lake Tuesday after sailboat overturns The Bemus Point and Maple Springs fire departments and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Water Rescue Team quickly helped those on a capsized sailboat after the boat overturned in Chautauqua Lake near Long Point State ...