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Area State Leaders Call Loss Of Grape Pact ‘Significant Setback’

Area state leaders are responding to the recent cancellation of contracts by Refresco with Lake Erie Grape Growers. In a statement issued Friday, both Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor issued the following statement regarding Refresco’s decision to cancel contracts with ...

Proposed Pond Concerns Carroll Officials

FREWSBURG – A private company in Carroll is seeking DEC approval for a 10-acre recreational pond - but the location could create an issue as Carroll looks to find a new well for town residents’ drinking water. Though the company has sought out approval from the Department of Environmental ...

Seven Charged After Euclid Avenue Raid

Seven people face charges after a search warrant was executed Tuesday on Euclid Avenue. The warrant was served at 3:29 p.m. Tuesday at 28 Euclid Ave., Apt. 203, by members of the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and Jamestown Police Department. The Jamestown Police Department SWAT made ...

District Preserves Accident Video; Court Request Withdrawn

A court order won’t be necessary for video of a fatal accident outside Fletcher Elementary School to be preserved. Earlier in March, the Progressive Casualty Insurance Company filed a pre-action discovery motion in state Supreme Court in Mayville seeking the video from the school district. ...

Founder’s Day

BEMUS POINT – In 1806 William Bemus and family would set out on a journey that’s significance would still be noted over two centuries later. Upon journeying down the Chautauqua Ridge, Bemus would settle at a location on the eastern portion of Chautauqua Lake. Now, 220 years later, the ...

Murky Water Hinders Search Of Vehicle

A truck belonging to a missing Lakewood man has been 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 the vehicle around 9 a.m. Monday, but weather made it ...