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Allegheny Outdoor Club To Ride, Hike, In Allegany State Park Sunday SALAMANCA - The Allegheny Outdoor Club will host a bike ride or hike on Sunday, Aug. 9, at Allegany State Park, Salamanca. The group will meet at the Red House area before the park entrance off I-86 at 2 p.m. Pat Spicer is the leader of this activity. Hooman To Perform Sunday In Cassadaga CASSADAGA – Hooman will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at the Cassadaga Lakes Summer Concert Series. The band performs rhythm and blues, jazz, Motown and southern rock. Beach parking is limited. Park at the nearby ...

BPU nears 500th fiber internet customer online

The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is nearing its 500th customer on the utility’s new fiberoptic internet network. service drop installs are rapidly progressing, Sellstrom said, with over 2,400 drops installed now. “The opt-out rate for the no commitment fiber drop is still under three percent, so we’re pretty happy with that,” said Kris Sellstrom, BPU general manager. “We’ve got 497 customers that are currently online, and we’re bringing online about 80 per week.” The summer construction season has been going well, Sellstrom said, though they faced a few ...

'Run like the wind'

Microphone in hand and standing near the 10-yard line at Strider Field on Jamestown’s south side, Lexi Lindamer, the director of athletics for the Chautauqua Striders, makes an announcement to the dozens of youngsters who are in attendance for the organization’s Youth Track & Field ...

Fredonia woman charged after thefts from nursing home patients

DUNKIRK - A Fredonia woman has been charged after a months-long investigation into the theft of funds from nursing home patients. Around April 22, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Investigators received a complaint regarding the issue at a facility in the town of Dunkirk. Investigators later charged Stacey Fadale, 45, with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records. It is alleged that over the course of several years, Fadale had stolen in excess of $11,000 in funds from multiple patients. It is also alleged Fadale destroyed records of the facility in ...