Right as the controversial data center issue began to ramp up in the spring, our newspaper received a communication from a fired-up individual. As part of the impassioned discussion, the caller made it clear what she was going to say would be important to the Brocton-Portland community. Why ...
FREDONIA - A firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries in fighting Wednesday’s blaze at the former White Village restaurant. The fire caused an estimated $350,000 in damage to the structure and $100,000 in damage to its contents, according to a Thursday morning press release from ...
A Forestville resident is asking county officials to reject a property sale at a tax auction, saying that it was sold without her knowledge. During the Chautauqua County Legislature’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, Kerry Vasquez-Marte at 927 Route 39, Forestville was in ...
CLYMER — Tax collection for the Clymer Central School district is in session right now, running until October 2, but a transition in regards to payment of school taxes has been causing some confusion among district residents. At the September meeting of the Clymer Central School Board of ...
Dunkirk Councilman-at-large Nick Weiser and former Councilwoman Nancy Nichols are defending themselves against criticism from Mayor Kate Wdowiasz over handling of Dunkirk’s finances. Councilmen Frank Torain and Mike Civiletto, who took office in January, agreed with Wdowiasz that previous council members are partially responsible for the city’s financial problems. Weiser and Nichols responded at this week’s council meeting. Wdowiasz reportedly attended the meeting in the audience, not sitting at the mayor’s seat. Nichols spoke first, during the public comments portion of the ...
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (BPU) Water Division announces dates for fall water main flushing. The process begins with a “pre-flush” at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in the Falconer areas of Aldren, Mapleshade, Ralph and Valmeere. Flushing of the entire village of Falconer will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, and continue into Sunday until the entire village is flushed. Water in Falconer and on the north side of Jamestown can be expected to discolor when Falconer flushing occurs. Flushing in the rest of the BPU Water system will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ...
