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Ellery Sues Route 430 Property Owner

The town of Ellery is asking the state Supreme Court to compel a property owner to clean up a Route 430 property. The town filed suit recently in state Supreme Court in Mayville against Sulu LLC, 3002 Fluvanna Townline Road, an LLC that owns property at 3078 Route 430 and 3080 Route 430, ...

State Poised To End Free Natural Gas Hookups

New York isn’t banning the use of natural gas in new construction yet, but the state Legislature has taken action to make new natural gas hookups more expensive. Both houses of the legislature passed legislation (A.8888/S.8417) that repeal the state’s 1986 legislation barring utility ...

County Seeks Dismissal Of Landfill Death Lawsuit

Chautauqua County is asking the state Supreme Court to dismiss one of two lawsuits filed by the family of a man killed at the Chautauqua County Transfer Station in Pomfret in 2024. William Bartoo suffered fatal injuries at the landfill on Webster Road in Pomfret when a truck driven by his ...

Borrello Pitches Dunkirk As Nuclear Power Site

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants New York state to build the first new United States nuclear power plant in the past 15 years. Sen. George Borrello wants it built in Dunkirk. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, Hochul announced Monday that she is directing the New York Power Authority to ...

Passengers Down, Subsidy Up In Air Service Request

The third proposal to bring Essential Air Service back to the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown includes fewer riders a year than previous proposals and a higher cost to the federal government. Chautauqua County recently issued its newest proposal for EAS at the airport, this time ...

Holy Apostles Stands To Pay 80% Of Assets To Sex Abuse Claims

Holy Apostles Parish stands to lose 80% of its unrestricted cash as part of the Buffalo Diocese’s settlement with victims of sexual abuse pending an appeal of the settlement. The settlements, which are basically a tax on Catholic churches in the diocese, faces a higher total owed because ...