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Mayor Proclaims MPS Awareness Day In City

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Mayor Kim Ecklund is pictured presenting the Rev. H Wayne Eppehimer and his family with a proclamation at City Hall declaring May 15, 2026, to be International MPS Awareness Day in Jamestown. MPS and ML diseases are a little bit like the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in which a ...

Chautauqua Lake Students Win Annual Envirothon

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MAYVILLE - Chautauqua Lake Team II won the 36th annual Chautauqua County Envirothon held recently at Boy Scouts of America’s Camp Merz in Mayville. Students from 15 area schools, comprising 27 separate teams, competed. Students spent the day answering environmentally-based questions ...

County Takes Part In Mental Health Planning Series

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Chautauqua County recently concluded a multi-session System of Care Action Planning Series bringing together cross-system leaders to collaboratively strengthen services and supports for children, youth, and families. Facilitated in partnership with the state Office of Mental Health and ...

Dunkirk Mayor To Stop Attending Council Meetings

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Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowaisz said Tuesday she will no longer attend Common Council meetings. Wdowaisz suggested Wednesday she might call her own city meetings. The council bid her farewell with an executive session focusing on the finances behind her lawsuit against former city dog officer ...

Fredonia Frets Over Behavior At Meetings

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Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson confirmed this week he will ask the Board of Trustees to suspend the public’s ability to comment at its meetings, starting at its next meeting. One trustee came out against it. “I will not vote to eliminate public comment at village board meetings,” ...

Two injured in Jamestown fire

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JAMESTOWN — Two people were injured as Jamestown Fire Department crews contained a blaze to the second floor of a city building Tuesday. According to officials, firefighters were dispatched to 40 W. Eighth St. for a reported structure fire at 7:51 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters saw ...