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Capital Experience Harmony Express To Be Part Of 250th Celebration

The Jamestown Harmony Express choir has announced its tentative performance and visitation schedule for the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday celebration in Washington, D. C. The birthday bash is scheduled for the Fourth of July weekend. The event will feature a variety of patriotic-themed ...

County furnace program helps keep seniors in their homes

At the beginning of winter, both the Home Energy Assistance Program and the Heating Equipment Repair and Replace program were on the chopping blocks. The HEAP program returned, but the HERR program did not. Due to the HERR elimination, Chautauqua County is doing what it can to help senior ...

Borrello Pushes NRG Repowering During Hearing

State Sen. George Borrello didn’t let an opportunity pass to lobby state energy policy makers to repower the NRG power plant in Dunkirk. Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, had recently penned a guest essay for The Post-Journal and OBSERVER calling for the mothballed Dunkirk plant to be repowered with ...

Borrello Questions DEC On Wetlands Act

Amanda Lefton, state DEC commissioner, was saved by the bell recently. Lefton was answering a question by state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, during a joint legislative budget hearing when Borrello’s time expired. The former Chautauqua County Executive had asked Lefton about the use ...

Cooper Ready For His Role As Trustee

You could say that Scott Cooper is civic minded. The recently-retired Southwestern Central School principal decided to run for election, in November, for a seat on the Lakewood Village Board of Trustees. And won. In his new role as a politician, his civic duties will continue, and he will ...