Work has begun in earnest on a state-backed study by the Chautauqua Lake Partnership and North Carolina State University. In April, the CLP announced that it had received $42,813 from the state DEC for a project that will focus on evaluating potential ecological trends and thresholds to ...
RANDOLPH - An open budget forum will be held today at 6 p.m. in the Randolph High School auditorium in advance of Tuesday's re-vote on Randolph Central School's 2026-27 budget. The re-vote will take place from 2 to 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. The district is proposing a smaller budget than the one that was defeated in May. That budget totaled $27,021,901 budget and came with a 19.27% increase in spending and a 39.75% increase in the district’s property tax levy. The budget up for vote this week totals $25,996,501 and cuts the proposed tax increase to 19.75%. "The ...
A Jamestown man is facing charges after complaints of gunshots being fired last week. David J. Figueroa, 43, was charged with two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, fourth-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Officers of the Jamestown Police Department responded to several calls of a gunshot complaint near a South East residential street around 8 p.m. Wednesday. Officers located Figueroa who was in possession of a 20-gauge shotgun. It was discovered he had fired two 20 gauge slug rounds in the direction of the victim and their child. ...
Chautauqua County has had a lot of success in recent years in getting grant funds to help improve trails. Those improvements have helped generate a high usage of trails in the county. The Friends of Chautauqua County Greenways recently met to discuss various projects going on with a number ...
CLYMER - The merger feasibility study for Clymer, Sherman and Panama Central Schools has finished, and is set to be presented in a joint board meeting on Tuesday. Clymer Central School’s Board of Education discussed the upcoming Joint Board of Education meeting between the three schools ...
The state Independent System Operator is continuing to call for an “all-of-the-above” investment in new power generation in New York state in its Power Trends 2026 report. The report, which examines the forces shaping the electric grid and electricity markets, comes less than two weeks ...
