ASHVILLE – The Chautauqua Safety Village is preparing for the fifth annual Christmas Celebration. One of the most significant new additions will be the Christmas elevator this year. Associate Director Lisa McLaughlin said the Santa elevator will take children on a simulated ride that will ...

PANAMA — The Panama Village Board’s recent meeting was also the final meeting for Kim Davis, outgoing village trustee. Davis has lived in the village for 13 years and nine of those years were spent as a trustee on the Village Board. Mayor William Schneider recognized her at the end of the ...

The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency is working with a pierogi business in the northern end of the county get back on its feet. The county IDA had previously loaned Lancaster Foods, LLC around $85,000. The business operates Barbie Crockski Pierogi in Silver Creek. The ...

BEMUS POINT – The Ellery Town Board recently adopted its 2026 budget with a slight increase in tax rates for town residents. The rate increase is slightly less for town residents who live in Bemus Point. Within this budget are the 2026 budgets for the three fire departments in the town, two ...

Two Fredonia residents have been charged after a robbery at the East Second Street 7-Eleven on Sunday. Johnee C. Thompson, 36, and Kaelyn A. Hayward, 22, both of Fredonia, were charged with second-degree robbery, third-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree conspiracy after officers ...

Mary Rosario started a Coat Closet for homeless people in October, but quickly realized she needed to rethink her plan. “Day after day nobody would show up,” she said during an interview at the Coat Closet, located in the old school building at St. Anthony’s Church in Fredonia. “I ...