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Registration accepted for new Family Service program

Family Service of the Chautauqua Region is launching a new program aimed at supporting young adults with high-functioning autism or other developmental disabilities who are transitioning to independent living, as well as providing resources for their caregivers. The program, Life Launch: Learning Independence and Functional Engagement, is designed to help participants build independence, strengthen communication skills, and develop social connections in a supportive group setting. Program organizers say the initiative addresses a growing need in the community for services that ...

State gas tax holiday proposed

Legislation that would implement a gas tax holiday has been introduced in the state Legislature - though it may be too late to pass in this week’s end-of-session rush. Assemblyman Keith Brown, R-Commack, had legislation (A.11489) introduced in the Rules Committee on his behalf late last ...

Cassadaga will review zoning law

CASSADAGA — The village of Cassadaga will reopen discussion on its zoning law, as the 2025 update was never officially filed with the state. As a result, the old zoning laws are currently in effect, and instead of re-submitting the new laws as the Zoning Rewrite Committee submitted last year, the new administration wants to take a closer look. Mayor Rudy Abersold, Trustee Dave Rowley and Trustee Jeff Frick - none of whom were on the Village Board when the law was approved - expressed a desire to look over the laws and tweak portions where they see fit before it is submitted to the ...

Pa. man charged after allegedly threatening Catt. Co. deputy

A man with ties to Warren County, Pa., has been charged after allegedly threatening a Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office deputy. Layton Love, 46, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate communication of a threat, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. According to the complaint, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office contacted the FBI regarding threatening text messages sent on May 18, 2026, to the cellular telephone number of a detective with the Sheriff’s Office. "You and your family are going to die soon!" the text message stated, ...

Extraordinary Opportunity

RIPLEY — The world’s largest operating steam locomotive will visit Tuesday. The Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, built in 1941, is on a 14-state round-trip tour as part of celebrations for the United States’ 250th anniversary. Union Pacific is collaborating with Norfolk Southern ...

City woman charged after alleged stabbing, robbery

A Jamestown woman faces charges after allegedly stabbing another person and robbing them Monday night. Jamestown police report Brionna S. Bush, 26, of Jamestown was charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon at 11:21 p.m. Monday on Jamestown's east side after officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon and a person who had been stabbed. Bush allegedly went to the victim's house, forced her way inside, and engaged in a physical altercation. During the fight, both Bush and the other person ...