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Sidewalk proposal upsets some Mayville residents

MAYVILLE – Some village residents are questioning a proposal to install sidewalks on their street, saying the proposal has not been thoroughly studied, especially when it comes to meeting the standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. During the Mayville Village Board meeting, ...

Body recovered from lake appears to be missing Lakewood man

STOW – The body of a Lakewood man who has been missing for months appears to have been recovered. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, Saturday around 8:45 a.m. deputies received a call of a possible body on the shoreline near the Stow Ferry in North Harmony. Deputies, ...

Electrovaya Eyes Move Into Energy Storage

Everyone knew Electrovaya made lithium ion batteries when the company’s expansion into the Jamestown area was announced back a little more than two years ago. Now, with the first phase of Electrovaya’s Gigafactory in Ellicott open and construction on the rest of the facility underway, ...

Mark Wilson discusses wife’s 1988 kidnapping and murder

For 38 years Mark Wilson’s heart has been broken. Broken because the love of his life – his wife and the mother of their three children – was kidnapped and later murdered. The Jamestown resident has gone through a lot of emotions through the years, including seeing arrests only to find ...

Fairmount Avenue Rite Aid sold to O’Reilly Auto

ELLICOTT - A closed Rite-Aid building in the south county has been sold and may be turned into an auto parts store. According to documents at the Chautauqua County Clerk’s Office, in March 9275 Group, LLC of Buffalo sold 963 Fairmount Ave., Ellicott to O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC of ...