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Businesses eyeing cleaned up Brownfield sites in city

Federal help is continuing to come in for remediation and redevelopment of the former Crawford Furniture manufacturing site in Jamestown as well as additional sites in the city. Jamestown is slated to receive $1 million, U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced ...

City Comprehensive Plan moves toward adoption

The city’s updated comprehensive plan is moving towards the final adoption stage, following discussions and approvals by some of the City Council’s committees on Monday. At the council’s Housing Committee meeting, Jason Kulaszewski, city principal planner, said the comprehensive plan is ...

‘What Shapes Us’

With multiple celebrations happening across the state and the nation this year for America’s 250th birthday, Chautauqua County Historian Norm Carlson is reflecting not only on his own connections to the American Revolution, but also the importance of the upcoming celebration. Carlson has ...

Molitor, Borrello criticize state Dems, NYC primary during Chamber event

Wednesday morning in Dunkirk there were a few white clouds in the sky, the sun was shining and the temperature was near perfect. Looking out on Lake Erie, the water was calm. Area leaders, business people and other community residents had gathered at Shorewood Country Club. State Sen. ...

Summer brings increase in Ellicott homeless issues

Winter brought a brief respite for the town of Ellicott and village of Falconer in dealing with homeless issues in the town. The issues have returned with a vengeance. During the Ellicott Town Board’s most recent meeting, Dan Ingrao, Ellicott police chief, told board members had ...