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Plan Comes Together: Five-Year Lake Management Recommendations Given By NCSU

CELORON – After algae and nuisance weeds persisted on Chautauqua Lake this past summer, Saturday’s Chautauqua Lake Symposium, hosted by Chautauqua County, focused on the structured management plan to address lake problems. Presentations included an analysis of the potential causes of the ...

Person In Custody After Incident In Dunkirk

DUNKIRK — A person was in custody Tuesday afternoon after a more than seven-hour standoff that took place in the city beginning with gunshots around sunrise. Dunkirk Police Department, in a Facebook post before 2 p.m., announced the incident on Franklin Avenue concluded and one person was ...

Trustees Hear Update On Missing Lakewood Man

LAKEWOOD - Village of Lakewood Trustees heard an update Monday about Daniel Scott Emerson. Emerson’s truck was found in Chautauqua Lake near the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Lakewood-Busti Police Chief Matthew Bentley said that the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department dive team located ...

City Looks For Public Input On Safe Streets

The city’s Safe Streets For All initiative is continuing to move forward, and part of moving forward is looking for community engagement to help make streets in the city safe for everyone. City Planner Jason Kulaszewski gave an update to the Planning Commission recently about the ...

No Decision Yet On Chautauqua Lake Lawsuit

It’s been nearly two months since oral arguments in four lawsuits challenging the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act were heard in state Supreme Court in Albany. There are four total lawsuits that were part of a consolidated oral argument on Jan. 30. The first lawsuit was filed by the ...

Two Charged After Puppy Found Dead, Other Pets In Squalor

Two Jamestown residents are facing charges after a search warrant led to the discovery of malnourished pets and a deceased puppy. Jamestown police reported that Kristen A. McCauley, 42, and Darian A. McCauley, 18, were charged with eight counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals; ...