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Briefly October 16, 2026

Panama School Board To Meet Monday PANAMA - The Panama Central School Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in the board room. The public is welcome to attend. BPU Customers Receiving Scam Texts Several Jamestown Board of Public Utilities customers have received texts, supposedly from the BPU, stating that their utilities will be shut off for lack of payment. BPU officials said Thursday that the utility does not send texts to customers threatening to shut off service. The texts are an attempted scam and should be deleted. New Section Of Baker Street To Close ...

Area Police Reports

Police Reports October 16, 2026

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - CARROLL - Jordan M. Beardsley, 26, of Jamestown was charged with first-degree criminal contempt and second-degree aggravated harassment at 2:12 p.m. Oct. 11 after deputies responded to an address in Carroll for an alleged valid stay away order of protection violation. It was alleged that Beardsley was making contact with the victim several times and allegedly made various threats. An arrest warrant was issued and Beardsley was taken into custody later and taken to the Chautauqua County Jail until he could be arraigned. He will be in Carroll Town ...

Historic Hollywood car restored, on display Sunday

Local News October 16, 2026

A Silver Creek resident with a passion and talent for restoring cars will be restoring memories on Sunday of a particular vehicle once used in the making of a movie filmed in the area in the late 1980s. Mark Dietzen has restored an original car from the movie, “Gone in 60 Seconds II,” ...

Engineer who led Pluto camera team to speak Oct. 21

Local News October 16, 2026

FREWSBURG - The engineer who led the team that built the camera behind the sharpest images of Pluto will visit the Martz-Kohl Observatory on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Steve Conard will present "LORRI: The Camera That Showed Us Pluto," a look at the long-range reconnaissance imager ...

SUNY weathers storm, but more clouds on horizon

Editor's Corner October 16, 2026

As the leadership team came forward last week for recognition of the State University of New York at Fredonia’s bicentennial year, CHQ Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Heitzenrater made a request to those seated at tables in the audience. If you were a graduate ...

Ferguson seeks restriction on hotel for homeless

Local News October 16, 2026

A former hotel that used to house homeless people in Fredonia but was shut down due to poor conditions of the building is ready to be reopened. At the same time, the village’s top elected leader does not want homeless men to be allowed to stay there. During the Fredonia Village Board ...